Oncost Definition

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Additional costs; extra expenses.

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(finance) Overhead (expense)

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(coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
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(UK dialectal, Scotland) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.

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Origin of Oncost

  • From on- +‎ cost, or from Middle English uncost (“additional expense”), from Middle Dutch oncost (“expenses, overhead”), equivalent to un- +‎ cost. Cognate with German Unkost (“expenses”).

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