Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun operating_expense

1 sense of operating expense

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))