Definition of overhead
: above one's head : aloft
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Examples of overhead in a Sentence
A chandelier hung directly overhead.
People were making noise in the balcony overhead.
Recent Examples of overhead from the Web
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Police officers linger on the streets, and a helicopter swirls overhead.
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On the second day of the summit, planes from the British Royal Air Force streaked overhead celebrating its 100th anniversary.
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Helicopters taking the boys to a hospital roared overhead.
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Helicopters taking the boys to a hospital roared overhead.
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Perhaps there was a time, way back in your childhood, when summer meant riding your bike everyday to some idyllic, foliage-heavy park to drink Big Gulps and watch the clouds pass overhead.
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On the ride, a claw grasping a helpless alien hovers overhead.
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Now, Shelton feared, all those satellites overhead had become so many huge, unarmored, billion-dollar sitting ducks.
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At his flagship restaurant in downtown Hartford, three giant overhead fans spun lazily as the sound system played rowdy blues, and a trio of colossal, stainless-steel Cookshack smokers glimmered in the kitchen.
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First Known Use of overhead
15th century
Definition of overhead
1 a
: operating, lying, or coming from above
b
: having the driving part above the part driven
- valves operated by an overhead camshaft
2
: of or relating to overhead
- overhead costs
Recent Examples of overhead from the Web
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Employee costs, overhead costs, the number of positions associated with performing tasks directly related to specific fees, and the number of times specific tasks are completed each year per user fee helped the consultant figure out new charges.
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The current $40 rate — the lowest in the nation and unchanged since 1995 — doesn't cover overhead costs for most experienced lawyers.
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This year, Bennett will try using giant overhead fans to mix warmer upper air with the cold air around the vines.
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Sacred Games is awash in gunfights, dreamily gorgeous production, and tricky overhead shots.
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Siemens is trialling electric trucks in Germany, Sweden, and near the Port of Los Angeles, pulling juice from overhead cables (like a streetcar) instead of batteries.
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Or coffee drinkers can find refuge on the indoor patio, connected to the shelter and the outdoors beyond with overhead garage doors.
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On Friday, a worker was on the fourth deck welding an overhead steel beam to secure it in preparation for additional wood removal when a spark fell down, Kattoo said.
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The larger of two images is a black-and-white, overhead shot of a throng of raucous, happy, young black people, probably at a Michael Jackson concert.
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First Known Use of overhead
1682
Examples of overhead in a Sentence
Her company has very little overhead.
Recent Examples of overhead from the Web
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Her Majesty and other royals then joined the rest of the family to watch the Royal Air Force overhead.
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The explosion could be heard from miles away, and the fire sent a cloud of black smoke into the sky overhead.
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His words were empty, barely loud enough to be heard over the trains thundering on the elevated rail overhead.
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Officers told the group to put their hands in the air and reportedly said that there was a helicopter overhead.
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Storage was a crucial factor in the design, and clothing for four people fits in the four white overhead compartments.
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The A330neo jet has bigger overhead bins and multi-colored LED lighting, and burns 25 percent less fuel than similar previous models.
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While initial donations to GiveCrypto will be used in part for operational overhead, Armstrong says the organization in the future will be structured to let donors have 100 percent of their gift go to needy recipients.
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An informal global moratorium on the testing of anti-satellite weapons had held since 1985; the intervening decades had been a period of post–Cold War peace—and unquestioned American supremacy—high overhead.
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First Known Use of overhead
1907
Other Business Terms
Financial Definition of OVERHEAD
overhead
What It Is
Overhead refers to the ongoing operating expenses necessary to running a business, but are not attributed to a specific business activity. Also referred to as "indirect costs."
How It Works
Generally, overhead expenses include expenses that do not directly generate revenues, such as labor and materials, but are needed to maintain the business operations. Overhead expenses include expenses such as accounting, advertising, depreciation, insurance, interest, legal, rent, repairs, office supplies, taxes, information and communications, utilities, research and development, customer relations and service, and travel. These overhead expenses are listed on the company's income statement.
Why It Matters
Overhead costs are considered fixed costs, that is, they do not rise or fall directly with the cost of goods sold. Overhead costs are important to monitor and control. Since they are not directly related to revenues, they can become a larger share of the total expenses and burden a company, soaking up net income and profits.
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OVERHEAD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of overhead for English Language Learners
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: above someone's head : in the sky or space above someone
Definition of overhead for English Language Learners
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: costs for rent, heat, electricity, etc., that a business must pay and that are not related to what the business sells
OVERHEAD Defined for Kids
Definition of overhead for Students
: above someone's head : in the sky or space above someone
- A chandelier hung directly overhead.
Definition of overhead for Students
: placed in the space above someone
- an overhead light
Definition of overhead for Students
: the general expenses (as for rent or heat) of a business
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of overhead
: business expenses (as rent or insurance) not chargeable to a particular part of the work or product
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