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1. (adj.) incidental
happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
2. incidental
incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount:
incidental expenses.
3. (n.) incidental
something incidental.
4. incidental
incidentals, minor expenses.
Etymology: (1610–20)
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1. (noun) incidental expense, incidental, minor expense
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
"he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
2. (adj) incidental
an item that is incidental
3. (adj) incidental, incident
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
"incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
4. (adj) incidental, nonessential
not of prime or central importance
"nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
5. (adj) attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent
following or accompanying as a consequence
"an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
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1. (adjective) incidental
less important than sth else; = secondary
incidental costs; Her nationality is incidental to me.
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