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Meaning of overhead

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  overhead
      adv 1: above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying
             overhead"
      2: above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together
         overhead"
      adj 1: located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing"
             [ant: {subsurface}, {surface}]
      n 1: the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property
           taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include
           depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes [syn:
           {operating expense}, {operating cost}, {overhead}, {budget
           items}]
      2: (computer science) the processing time required by a device
         prior to the execution of a command [syn: {command processing
         overhead time}, {command processing overhead}, {command
         overhead}, {overhead}]
      3: (computer science) the disk space required for information
         that is not data but is used for location and timing [syn:
         {disk overhead}, {overhead}]
      4: a transparency for use with an overhead projector [syn:
         {viewgraph}, {overhead}]
      5: (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
      6: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
         {overhead}, {smash}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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