o·ver·heads
noun/ˈəʊvəhedz/
/ˈəʊvərhedz/
[plural] (especially British English) (also overhead [uncountable] especially in North American English)
- regular costs that you have when you are running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity, wages, etc.
经费;营运费用;经常性开支 Synonyms costscostsspending ▪ expenditure ▪ expenses ▪ overheads ▪ outlay These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:- labour/production costs
人工/生产成本 - rising costs
正在上涨的成本
- public spending
公共开支 - More spending on health was promised.
已承诺增加医疗开支。
- expenditure on education
教育支出
- legal expenses
律师费 - travel expenses
旅费
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
经费开销大意味着利润低。
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
最好的设备花费大,但这种开支很值得。
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
经费开销大意味着利润低。
- labour/production costs