overhead

adj

/ˈəʊvəˌhɛd//ˌəʊvəˈhɛd/

Etymology

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.

inherited from oferhēafod
inherited from owerheved

Definitions

1
Located above, especially over the head.
- Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.
- The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.
- In a city where media companies and hospitals have armed guards, this accessibility is unusual. Inside, drivers sit and chat in between shifts, the overhead fan whirring and causing the dim electric light to flicker over their faces.
Kicked over one's own head.
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
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1. The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
2. Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or…
  Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
3. Wasted money.
4. A smash.
5. The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
6. 9
  A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.
  - There was no room left in the overheads for our luggage, our seats did not recline, and the washrooms were right behind us.
7. The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars,…
  The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
8. 11
  Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and…
  Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
  - Network overhead is the header data that is required to route and transport data over the network, whereas fork overhead is the additional time and memory cost of creating and managing new processes within the operating system.
9. An overhead throw.
10. A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form…
  A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another.
11. 14
  Above one's head
  Above one's head; in the sky.
  - birds flying overhead
12. Per head
  Per head; for each individual.
13. 16
  Above.
  - Cigarette smoke was sucked out through the cracks in the glass of the glazed panes overhead the side street and the parking lot.
14. An overhead projector.
15. A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector
  A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.

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Derived

command processing overhead time, nonoverhead, overhead bin, overhead bridge restaurant, overhead cam, overhead crane, overhead engine, overhead fan, overhead kick, overhead line, overhead press, overhead restaurant, overhead squat, overhead transparency, overhead valve, computational overhead| digital overhead

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