Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun operating_cost
1 sense of operating cost
Sense 1
operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items -- (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)
=> expense, disbursal, disbursement -- (amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures))