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OPERATING EXPENSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
Synonyms:
budget items; operating cost; operating expense; overhead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("operating expense" is a kind of...):
disbursal; disbursement; expense (amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures))
Domain category:
revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)
Holonyms ("operating expense" is a part of...):
operating budget (a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements)
