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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

  • (..) Give me half an hour. I love you. Julia. Do you think the Resistance is real? No, none of it's real. Steamer: Dead overhead: Get down: Get down: (screaming) Round the clock plus a set in eyes top a PMA Willmer... Oceania is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. (..)
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