ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Oncost

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Oncost is a noun meaning Additional costs; extra expenses.

Meaning

Additional costs; extra expenses.

More Meanings

  1. (finance) Overhead (expense)
  2. (coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aftercost, cost, supplement, upcharge, surcharge, overhead.

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