Apr 8, 2011 00:22
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overhead
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Finance (general)
UK English
Supporting multiple currencies and payment types adds cost and complexity to an eCommerce site's infrastructure. Increased exposure, fulfilment and returns logistics, tariffs & duties all add significantly to this ***overhead***.
Is it normal to use 'overhead' in this way, I've always seen and heard it in its plural form or as an adjective. Any alternative suggestions that fit?
Cheers.
Supporting multiple currencies and payment types adds cost and complexity to an eCommerce site's infrastructure. Increased exposure, fulfilment and returns logistics, tariffs & duties all add significantly to this ***overhead***.
Is it normal to use 'overhead' in this way, I've always seen and heard it in its plural form or as an adjective. Any alternative suggestions that fit?
Cheers.
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| 5 +9 | overhead |
David Hollywood
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| 5 | Overheads are indirect costs. |
Pham Huu Phuoc
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David Hollywood
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fine in the singular in this context ...
Overhead. Definition: The indirect costs or fixed expenses of operating a business (that is, the costs not directly related to the manufacture of a product ...
www.entrepreneur.com › ... › Category › Operations - Cached - Similar
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overhead - definition of overhead - The ongoing administrative expenses of a business which cannot be attributed to any specific business activity, ...
www.investorwords.com/3547/overhead.html - Cached - SimilarWhat is overhead? Definition and Meaning, Business Dictionaryoverhead - definition of overhead from BusinessDictionary.com: General: Resource consumed or lost in completing a process, but which does not contribute ...
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I agree that it{s normally used in the plural but nothing wrong with using the singular .... and as an alternative you might say "overhead cost"
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The operating expenses of a business, including the costs of rent, utilities, interior decoration, and taxes, exclusive of labor and materials.
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in other words, all the costs not directly involved with producing the goods/products you manufacture or the services you provide ...
Overhead. Definition: The indirect costs or fixed expenses of operating a business (that is, the costs not directly related to the manufacture of a product ...
www.entrepreneur.com › ... › Category › Operations - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 4 mins (2011-04-08 00:26:45 GMT)
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overhead - definition of overhead - The ongoing administrative expenses of a business which cannot be attributed to any specific business activity, ...
www.investorwords.com/3547/overhead.html - Cached - SimilarWhat is overhead? Definition and Meaning, Business Dictionaryoverhead - definition of overhead from BusinessDictionary.com: General: Resource consumed or lost in completing a process, but which does not contribute ...
www.businessdictionary.com/definition/overhead.html - Cached - Similar
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-04-08 00:28:17 GMT)
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I agree that it{s normally used in the plural but nothing wrong with using the singular .... and as an alternative you might say "overhead cost"
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Note added at 9 mins (2011-04-08 00:32:10 GMT)
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The operating expenses of a business, including the costs of rent, utilities, interior decoration, and taxes, exclusive of labor and materials.
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-08 00:33:48 GMT)
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in other words, all the costs not directly involved with producing the goods/products you manufacture or the services you provide ...
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| Thanks David!! |
Peer comment(s):
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Trudy Peters
: overhead - I've never heard it used in the plural, at least not in the US
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normal enough and indeed usual in UK Trudy :)
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trsk2000 (X)
: more common to pluralise it here in the UK, overheads or overhead expenses or costs
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indeed :)
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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thanks sibsab :)
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Tony M
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| agree |
MPGS
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Derek Gill Franßen
: ...almost exsclusively singular in the US.
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| agree |
Maria Fokin
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| agree |
Phong Le
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Arabic & More
: As others have stated, it is fine (and more common) to use the word in the singular in the U.S.
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Pham Huu Phuoc
Vietnam
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Vietnam
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Works in: English, English to Vietnamese, Vietnamese to English
Overheads are indirect costs.
overhead in accounting: Cost or expense (such as for administration, insurance, rent, and utility charges) that (1) relates to an operation or the firm as a whole, (2) does not become an integral part of a good or service (unlike raw material or direct labor), and (3) cannot be applied or traced to any specific unit of output. Overheads are indirect costs.
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