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- n 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 taxes
- n (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
- n (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
- n a transparency for use with an overhead projector
- n (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
- n a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a located or originating from above
an overhead crossing - r above your head; in the sky
planes were flying overhead - r above the head; over the head
bring the legs together overhead
- But the administration of Medicare is a miracle of low overhead and a model, despite all the fraud and abuse, of what government can do right.
- What killed the Hotshot was its engine, a dual-overhead cam .
- When values go up, up, up, And prices go down, down, down, Robert Hall this season Will show you the reason: Low overhead, Low overhead.