"operating expense" meaning in All languages combined

See operating expense on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: operating expenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} operating expense (plural operating expenses)
  1. (business, accounting) An ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system. Synonyms: operating expenditure, OPEX Translations (Translations): toimintameno (Finnish), toimintakustannus (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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