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oncosts

oncosts is the plural of oncost.

Meaning of oncost

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.

Questions about oncosts

What is oncosts the plural of?
Oncosts is the plural of oncost.

Words near oncosts in the dictionary

  1. oncostatin
  2. oncostatins
  3. oncostation
  4. oncostman
  5. oncostmen
  6. oncosts
  7. oncosuppression
  8. oncosuppressive
  9. oncosuppressor
  10. oncosuppressors
  11. oncosupressor

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