overheads

Definition of overheadsnext
plural of overhead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheads
Noun
  • Similar to the current year, district officials pointed to four major inflationary budget challenges projected to cost $86 million, including escalating health insurance costs, transportation expenses, special education costs, and collective bargaining agreement increases.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Gutierrez established a GoFundMe account to help offset the family’s expenses.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Takaichi had earlier laid out a record $783 billion budget for the next fiscal year starting April 1, on top of a $135 billion stimulus package introduced last year to help households with rising living costs.
    CNBC.com staff, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Falling launch costs, fueled largely by reusable rockets, have transformed access to low Earth orbit (LEO), turning it into a fast-evolving marketplace where companies compete and innovate at rapid speed.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Commissioners are expected to take a deeper dive into the budget outlook and possible responses at a two-day budget retreat scheduled for late February, where staff will present a more detailed breakdown of revenues, expenditures and options for closing the gap.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Investors are increasingly scrutinizing spending forecasts and focusing on how companies will be able to turn a profit to justify their expenditures.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • These sectors have also utilized a substantial portion of last year’s outlays.
    Ashutosh Joshi, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Focus Media has thrived with overall gains by China’s well-off consumers and advertising outlays.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And disbursements from the accounts will be subject to taxes.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Her six-person staff fed 100 to 110 families a day in October as a federal budget stalemate threatened CalFresh disbursements.
    JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Overheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheads. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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