overhead
IPA: ˈoʊvɝhˈɛd
noun
- (uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- (countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
- (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.
- (uncountable, business) Wasted money.
- (tennis) A smash.
- (nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
- A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
- (transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
- (computing) 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.
- (juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.
- (countable) An overhead projector.
- (countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
adjective
- located above, especially over the head
- (soccer) kicked over one's own head
adverb
- Above one's head; in the sky.
- (archaic) Per head; for each individual.
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Examples of "overhead" in Sentences
- The white flag fluttered overhead.
- The game takes an overhead view of the rink.
- In the end, the overhead system was selected.
- The overhead of the airplane show was amazing.
- This lightened the interrupt overhead to the processor.
- The obstruction is that this adds to the archiving overhead.
- The overhead lines powering the train are visible above the it.
- Costs such as depreciation, amortization, and overhead are ambiguous.
- The overhead electrification on the branch was removed at the same time.
- The infinite sky is motionless overhead and the restless water is boisterous.
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