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oncost

oncost noun: additional costs; extra expenses.

Noun

oncost (plural oncosts)

  1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
  2. Overhead (expense)
  3. (coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.

oncost meaning in Tamil

oncost in Tamil

ஆகச் செலவின் பேரில், செயலமைப்புச் செலவு

Forms of oncost

pluraloncosts

Origin of oncost

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

Words formed from oncost

Questions about oncost

What does oncost mean?
Oncost means additional costs; extra expenses.
What is oncost in Tamil?
Oncost in Tamil is ஆகச் செலவின் பேரில், செயலமைப்புச் செலவு. See Oncost meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oncost?
Oncost is a noun.
What is the plural of oncost?
The plural of oncost is oncosts.

Words near oncost in the dictionary

  1. oncosome
  2. oncosomes
  3. oncospheral
  4. oncosphere
  5. oncospheres
  6. oncost
  7. oncostain
  8. oncostains
  9. oncostatic
  10. oncostatin
  11. oncostatins

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