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1. Located or originating from above
   "an overhead crossing"

1. Directly above; in the sky above
   "planes were flying overhead"
    
2. Above the head; over the head
   "bring the legs together overhead"

1. (tax) 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
   - operating expense, operating cost, budget items
    
2. (computing) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
   - command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead
    
3. (computing) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
   - disk overhead
    
4. A transparency for use with an overhead projector
   - viewgraph
    
5. (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
    
6. A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
   - smash

Derived forms: overheads

Type of: ceiling, disbursal, disbursement, disc space, disk space, expense, foil, processing time, return, transparency

Antonym: subsurface, surface

Part of: access time, cabin, operating budget

Encyclopedia: Overhead, The Albatross