The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overhead charges \O`ver*head" char"ges\, Overhead expenses \O`ver*head" expenses\, etc. (Accounting) Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed charges, establishment charges, or (in a manufacturing business) administration charges, selling charges, and distribution charges, etc.
Usage examples of "overhead charges".
It contained all manner of processing charges and service charges and mortuary overhead charges.
While, strictly speaking, it was the wing superintendent's worry, Jill saw no reason to let overhead charges for her floor run up unnecessarily-and besides, if it was still there, she could get it at once.
Staffen was not occupied in cutting down overhead charges or speeding up production, he loved to sit at his ease, a cigarette between his lips, his eyes half closed, and picture himself in heroic situations.