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overhead

Definition

  • noun: costs for rent, heat, electricity, etc., that a business must pay and that are not related to what the business sells
  • noun: business expenses (as rent, insurance, or heating) not chargeable to a particular part of the work or product
  • adverb: above someone's head
  • adverb: above one's head
  • synonyms: aloft, above

Examples

  • People were making noise in the balcony 'overhead'.

  • Her company has very little 'overhead'.

  • A chandelier hung directly 'overhead'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Who cashes checks at the airport? Well, the airlines, sir. They've always taken care of their own. (jet passing overhead) (indistinct flight announcement over P.A.) Hello. Hi. Are you deadheading? What? (..)
    2002 Catch Me If You Can
  • (..) My father, years old, war hero. Yeah? There's a funeral this afternoon, military funeral planes flying overhead, -gun salute. Geez. Frank needs to borrow a suit for a couple (..)
    2002 Catch Me If You Can