Overhead
(noun)
- The cost of running a business, in addition to the costs of producing and selling goods or services.
- Things hanging or fixed above a person's head, such as lights or wires.
- The area directly above a person or a thing.
Origin:
Early 19th century: from over- + head.
Examples:
- The company's overhead costs are high.
- She hit her head on the overhead wire.
- The plane flew overhead.
- The overhead projector is not working.
- The overhead lights are too bright.