Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with overheads in American Collocation
overheads
noun
plural
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
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high/low
costly
excessive
expensive
high
low
minimal
negligible
significant
The administration is run on a voluntary basis, so overheads are minimal.
extra
additional
extra
You incur no additional overheads other than to meet your advertising costs.
unnecessary
unnecessary
The coalition also tries to avoid incurring unnecessary overheads.
types of overheads
administrative
bureaucratic
This is part of an effort to spend as little as possible on bureaucratic overheads.
reduce overheads
minimize
reduce
Your sales strategy should be based on minimizing overheads.
have to pay overheads
incur
Projects such as the Wellcome Trust Building and the Cancer Centre incur significant overheads.