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overheads

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plural of overhead

as in expenses

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Eligibility Much like other small business lenders, SoFi considers a mix of factors for approving your application, including your credit score, business revenue and credit profile, as well as expenses.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Friends have established a GoFundMe campaign to help cover his medical expenses as his recovery continues.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

Definition of expenses

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That design philosophy allows manufacturers to prioritize rapid production, simpler assembly and lower manufacturing costs without compromising mission performance.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
The reliance on emergency actions, like diesel backup generators, incurs significant costs for ratepayers and increases air pollution.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of costs

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From the launch of ChatGPT, in late 2022, through the end of last year, these firms’ capital expenditures—most of which go toward data centers—well exceeded half a trillion dollars.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
The social media giant plans to spend between $125 billion and $145 billion in capital expenditures this year, largely to support that infrastructure buildout, Meta said in its most recent earnings report.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of expenditures

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The All-America survey finds that 60% of those with incomes below $30,000 are reducing their outlays for essentials, compared with just 35% of those with incomes above $100,000.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 July 2026
The top 20% of the income distribution now accounts for nearly 60% of all personal outlays, up from about half in the early 1990s.

— Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of outlays

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And disbursements from the accounts will be subject to taxes.

— Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
While class members could, in theory, continue selling their claims after that point, industry participants generally expect the market to dry up once buyers can no longer receive direct disbursements from the QSF.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of disbursements

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