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| Main Entry: | overhead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | up above |
| Synonyms: | above, aerial, aloft, atop, hanging, over, roof, upper, upward, in the sky, on high, overhanging, skyward |
| Antonyms: | below, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | overhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general, continuing costs of operation |
| Synonyms: | budget, burden, cost, depreciation, expense, expenses, insurance, outlay, rent, upkeep, utilities |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | upkeep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance |
| Synonyms: | budget, conservation, expenditure, expenses, keep, outlay, overhead, preservation, price, repair, running, subsistence, support, sustenance, costs, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | aloft |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | high up |
| Synonyms: | above, over, overhead, up |
| Antonyms: | below, under |
| Main Entry: | expenses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense |
| Synonyms: | outlay, overhead, per diem, cost of living, costs, damages, reparations |
| Main Entry: | operating expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money needed to run a business |
| Synonyms: | overhead, business expenses, general expenses, operating budget, operating costs, operating expenses |
| Main Entry: | upstairs |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on an upper floor |
| Synonyms: | above, overhead, upper, in the upper story |
| Antonyms: | downstairs |
| Main Entry: | business expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ordinary cost of doing business |
| Synonyms: | overhead, nonremunerated business expenses, out-of-pocket expenses, trade expense |
| Antonyms: | personal expense |
| Main Entry: | above |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | higher in position |
| Synonyms: | aloft, atop, beyond, high, over, overhead, raised, superior, upon, on high, on top of |
| Antonyms: | below, under |
| Main Entry: | upper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | above |
| Synonyms: | high, higher, overhead, top, uppermost, upward, loftier, more elevated, topmost |
| Antonyms: | below, lower, under |
| Main Entry: | over |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | above |
| Synonyms: | aloft, beyond, covering, off, overhead, upstairs, farther up, higher than, in heaven, in the sky, on high, on top of, overtop, straight up, traversely |
| Antonyms: | under |
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