oncost
English
noun
Definitions
- Additional costs; extra expenses.
- (finance) Overhead (expense)
- (coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
- (UK) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.
Etymology
Affix from English cost (way, manner) inherited from Middle English uncost (additional expense) derived from Middle Dutch oncost (expenses, overhead) affix from English cost (way, manner).
Origin
English
cost
Gloss
way, manner
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- aftercost English
- contingency cost English
- cost English
- costable English
- costest English
- costeth English
- costful English
- costless English
- costly English
- costning English
- costworthy English
- isocost English
- miscost English
- needs-cost English
- oncostman English
- overcost English
- recost English
- costen German
- kost Dutch, Flemish
- onkost Dutch, Flemish
- コスト Japanese
- コストパフォーマンス Japanese
- costen Middle English
- uncost Middle English
- ongkos Indonesian
- cost Welsh
- oncost Middle Dutch
- kos Tok Pisin
- kostim Tok Pisin