OVERHEAD


Meaning of OVERHEAD in English

I. o ‧ ver ‧ head 1 /ˌəʊvəˈhed◂ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE adverb

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ head , ↑ heading , ↑ overhead , ↑ header , ↑ headship ; adjective : ↑ overhead , ↑ heady , ↑ headless , ↑ headed ; verb : ↑ head , ↑ behead ; adverb : ↑ overhead ]

above your head or in the sky:

Bullets whizzed overhead.

A plane flew overhead.

—overhead adjective :

overhead wires

II. o ‧ ver ‧ head 2 /ˈəʊvəhed $ ˈoʊvər-/ BrE AmE noun

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ head , ↑ heading , ↑ overhead , ↑ header , ↑ headship ; adjective : ↑ overhead , ↑ heady , ↑ headless , ↑ headed ; verb : ↑ head , ↑ behead ; adverb : ↑ overhead ]

1 . [uncountable] American English , overheads British English [plural] money spent regularly on rent, insurance, electricity, and other things that are needed to keep a business operating:

Their offices are in London so the overheads are very high.

2 . [countable] a piece of transparent material used with an overhead projector to show words, pictures etc

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.