overhead-shot

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Definitions of overhead-shot word

adverb overhead-shot over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead. 1
adverb overhead-shot so as to be completely submerged or deeply involved: to plunge overhead in water; to sink overhead in debt. 1
adjective overhead-shot situated, operating, or passing above, aloft, or over the head: an overhead sprinkler system. 1
adjective overhead-shot of or relating to the general cost of running a business: overhead expenses; an overhead charge. 1
noun overhead-shot the general, fixed cost of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses, which cannot be charged or attributed to a specific product or part of the work operation. 1
noun overhead-shot Accounting. that part of manufacturing costs for which cost per unit produced is not readily assignable. 1

before 1425

One of the 25% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at over-, head

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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