Meaning

13 senses
  1. (uncountable)The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

    allgemeine Unkosten

    накладны́е расхо́дыnakladnýje rasxódy

  2. (countable)The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.

  3. (uncountable)Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.

    Mehraufwand

  4. (uncountable)Wasted money.

    vergeudetes Geld

  5. (countable, uncountable)A smash.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.

    (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

  7. (countable, uncountable)A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.

  9. (countable, uncountable)Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.

    Overhead

  10. (countable, uncountable)An overhead throw.

    a transparency for use with an overhead projector

  11. (countable, uncountable)A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.

  12. (countable)An overhead projector.

Examples

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  1. I saw a helicopter flying overhead.

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  2. Tom switched off the overhead light.

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  3. Tom turned on the overhead light.

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  4. I heard a helicopter flying overhead.

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  5. I turned off the overhead light.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided:
any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity:
wasted money:
data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation:

Origin

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.

(Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector.

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Forms

plural: overheads
Singularoverhead
Pluraloverheads

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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