overheads

plural of overhead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheads
Noun
  • Profit is what is left over after expenses are deducted from sales.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • He is sponsored by spirits and supplement companies who help pay his travel expenses, but still works in construction during the off-season.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Huntington Beach councilmembers have said the air show is an important economic driver and the benefits to the city should outweigh the costs.
    Claire Wang, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Most notably, Amex has upped its annual fee costs for both Platinum cards to $895 each.
    Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Your budget should also align with your cash flow forecast since planning large expenditures or new investments without factoring in liquidity can create strain.
    Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The review also took issue with goals that 7% of grant expenditures were to businesses owned by women and/or minorities, and 4% to businesses owned by people with disabilities or veterans.
    Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of this, discretionary spending—which includes transportation, education, housing, social services programs, science outlays, and much more—represented just 26% of the total.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This leads, all else constant, to cutting investment outlays in intangibles to make the earnings numbers look good.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The order doesn’t just apply to disbursements.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Social Security recipients will experience a complete transition from paper check disbursements to electronic payments, starting at the end of September.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Overheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheads. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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