overheads

1. the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxesSynonyms: budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead

2. (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a commandSynonyms: command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, overhead

3. (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timingSynonyms: disk overhead, overhead

4. a transparency for use with an overhead projectorSynonyms: overhead, viewgraph

5. (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a shipSynonyms: overhead

6. a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your headSynonyms: overhead, smash