oncost

1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
2. Overhead (expense)
3. The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
4. The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: uncost

Cognate with Dutch: onkost

Cognate with German: Unkost

In summary

From on- + cost, or from Middle English uncost (“additional expense”), from Middle Dutch oncost (“expenses, overhead”) (Modern Dutch onkost), equivalent to un- + cost. Cognate with German Unkost (“expenses”).

Synonyms

overhead cost

burden

stores oncost

consequential costs

follow-up costs

consequential charges

Translations

δαπάνη

γενικά έξοδα

μεροκαματιάρης

Folgekosten