"operating cost" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "operating costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "operating cost (plural operating costs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Accounting",
          "orig": "en:Accounting",
          "parents": [
            "Finance",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "en:Business",
          "parents": [
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expense which is related to the operation of a business."
      ],
      "id": "en-operating_cost-en-noun-3SVnX2Vr",
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "accounting",
          "accounting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business, accounting) Expense which is related to the operation of a business."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "operating income"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "運營成本"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùnyíng chéngběn",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "运营成本"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "toimintakustannus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "hallintokustannus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "charge d’exploitation"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Betriebskosten"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "koszt operacyjny"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "operating cost"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "operating costs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "operating cost (plural operating costs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "operating income"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Accounting",
        "en:Business"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expense which is related to the operation of a business."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "accounting",
          "accounting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business, accounting) Expense which is related to the operation of a business."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "運營成本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùnyíng chéngběn",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "运营成本"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "toimintakustannus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hallintokustannus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "charge d’exploitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Betriebskosten"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koszt operacyjny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "operating cost"
}