Definitions for overheadˈoʊ vərˈhɛd; ˈoʊ vərˌhɛd

o•ver•headˈoʊ vərˈhɛd; ˈoʊ vərˌhɛd(adv.; adj., n.)

above one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, esp. near the zenith.
so as to be completely submerged or engulfed:
to plunge overhead in water.
(adj.)situated, operating, or passing above, aloft, or over the head.
of or pertaining to the general costs of running a business.
(n.)the general, fixed costs of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses, that cannot be charged to a specific product or part of the work operation.
Category: Business
(in racket sports) a stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a downward motion from above the head; smash.
Category: Sport
an overhead compartment, shelf, etc.
Category: Common Vocabulary
a ceiling light.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Also called o′verhead projec′tor. an apparatus that projects images above and behind the operator when transparencies are placed horizontally on its surface and lighted from below.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Also called o′verhead projec′tion. a picture or image thus projected.
Category: Common Vocabulary

1425–75

operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items(noun)
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
command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead(noun)
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
disk overhead, overhead(noun)
(computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
viewgraph, overhead(noun)
a transparency for use with an overhead projector
overhead(noun)
(nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
overhead, smash(adj)
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
overhead(adverb)
located or originating from above
"an overhead crossing"
overhead(adverb)
above your head; in the sky
"planes were flying overhead"
overhead(adverb)
above the head; over the head
"bring the legs together overhead"

overhead(adverb)ˈoʊ vərˈhɛd; adj., n. ˈoʊ vərˌhɛd
above sb
Seagulls cried overhead.; the overhead luggage compartments in the plane

overhead(Noun)
The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
overhead(Noun)
The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
overhead
Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to the progress or outcome of the project or activity.
overhead
Wasted money.
overhead
A smash.
overhead
The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel
overhead
The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
overhead
data or steps of computation that is only used to facilitate the computations in the system and is 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 network, whereas fork overhead is the additional time and memory cost of creating and managing new processes within operating system.
overhead
An overhead throw.
overhead(Noun)
An overhead projector.
overhead(Noun)
A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
overhead(Adverb)
above one's head;in the sky
Birds flying overhead.
overhead(Adjective)
located above, especially over the head
Place your luggage in the overhead bins.
overhead(Adjective)
of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business
They tried to reduce overhead costs.
overhead
kicked over one's own head