"oncost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: oncosts [plural]
Etymology: From on- + cost, or from Middle English uncost (“additional expense”), from Middle Dutch oncost (“expenses, overhead”) (Modern Dutch onkost), equivalent to un- + cost. Cognate with German Unkost (“expenses”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|on-|cost}} on- + cost, {{inh|en|enm|uncost|t=additional expense}} Middle English uncost (“additional expense”), {{der|en|dum|oncost|t=expenses, overhead}} Middle Dutch oncost (“expenses, overhead”), {{cog|nl|onkost}} Dutch onkost, {{af|en|un-|cost}} un- + cost, {{cog|de|Unkost|t=expenses}} German Unkost (“expenses”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} oncost (plural oncosts)
  1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
    Sense id: en-oncost-en-noun-2B8wDzn4
  2. (finance) Overhead (expense) Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-oncost-en-noun-vepi7xWh Topics: business, finance
  3. (coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
    Sense id: en-oncost-en-noun-JjsDXAfY
  4. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-oncost-en-noun-scMyyxuu Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with on-, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 36 7 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with on-: 20 22 23 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 20 22 23 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 29 7 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 7 75

Inflected forms

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