Overhead

Meaning

Adj

●

located above, especially over the head

●

In Football (soccer):

kicked over

own head

Noun

●

In Accounting & Business:

The

of a business not

to

or services provided.

●

In Accounting & Business:

The

or

of

not

to

or services provided.

●

Any cost or

(monetary, time,

or otherwise)

in a project or

, which does not

to its

or outcome.

●

In Business:

Wasted money.

●

In Tennis:

A smash.

●

In Nautical:

The

of any

in a vessel.

●

A

above the

for

in a

aircraft.

●

In Transport:

The system of

used to power

, such as

,

, or buses.

●

In Computing:

Data or

of

used only to

the

in the system and not

related to the

or

being processed.

●

In Juggling:

An

throw.

●

An

projector.

●

A

of

with an

used with an

overhead projector

; an

transparency.

Adv

●

Above

; in the sky.

●

Per

; for each individual.

Sourced from

Origin

overhead

English

head

English

hed

Middle English (1100-1500)

over-

English

over-

Middle English (1100-1500)

ofer-

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

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