overhead

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• ōʹvər-hĕd'
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• ō'və-hĕdʹ
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From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.

(Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector. : (Sense 2) Back-formation from overhead projector.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: горен (goren) — located above
• Esperanto: supre — located above
• Finnish: yläpuolinen — located above
• Finnish: yläpuolella oleva — located above
• Finnish: pään päällä oleva — located above
• German: darüber — located above
• German: oben — located above
• German: Überkopf- — located above
• Hungarian: felső — located above
• Hungarian: fenti — located above
• Hungarian: fej fölötti — located above
• Irish: lastuas — located above
• Māori: ki runga — located above
• Māori: i runga — located above
• Māori: o runga — located above
• Spanish: de arriba — located above
• Swedish: ovan — located above
• Swedish: ovanifrån — located above
• Turkish: başın üstünde — located above
• Catalan: despeses generals — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Hungarian: állandó — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Hungarian: fix — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Hungarian: rezsi- — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Hungarian: általános — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Hungarian: fenntartási — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Serbo-Croatian: hladni pogon — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Serbo-Croatian: fiksni trošak — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Spanish: gastos generales — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Turkish: genel giderlerle ilgili — of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
• Swedish: nickning — kicked over one's own head
• Bulgarian: отгоре (otgore) — above one's head
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭上 /头上 (tóushàng) — above one's head
• Finnish: yläpuolella — above one's head
• Finnish: pään päällä — above one's head
• Finnish: taivaalla — above one's head
• German: darüber — above one's head
• German: oben — above one's head
• German: Überkopf- — above one's head
• Hungarian: fent — above one's head
• Hungarian: fölöttünk — above one's head
• Hungarian: a fejünk felett — above one's head
• Hungarian: a levegőben/magasban/tetőn/mennyezeten — above one's head
• Hungarian: az égen — above one's head
• Irish: lastuas — above one's head
• Latin: insuper — above one's head
• Russian: наверху́ (naverxú) — above one's head
• Spanish: en lo alto — above one's head
• Turkish: başdan yukarıda — above one's head
• Turkish: havada — above one's head
• Turkish: yukarıda — above one's head
• Chinese Mandarin: 間接費用 /间接费用 (jiànjiē fèiyòng) — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Finnish: kiinteät kustannukset — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• French: frais généraux — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• German: allgemeine Unkosten — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Hungarian: üzemi rezsi — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Indonesian: biaya umum — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Indonesian: biaya tambahan — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Indonesian: beban taklangsung — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Italian: costi di gestione — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Japanese: オーバーヘッド (ōbāheddo) — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Japanese: 間接費 (kansetsuhi) — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Malay: اوۏرهيد (overhed) — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Māori: utu whakahaere — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Portuguese: overhead — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Russian: накладны́е расхо́ды (nakladnýje rasxódy) — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Spanish: gastos generales — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Swedish: omkostnad — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Turkish: genel giderler — expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided
• Danish: profitmargin — any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity
• German: Mehraufwand — any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity
• Hungarian: improduktív költségek/kiadások/ráfordítás — any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity
• Italian: inefficienza — any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity
• German: vergeudetes Geld — wasted money
• Turkish: boşa harcanan para — wasted money
• Spanish: sobrecargado — system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses
• German: Overhead — data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation
• Norwegian: overhead — data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation
• Polish: narzut — data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation
• Swedish: overhead — data or steps of computation used only to facilitate computation