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operating expense

operating expense noun: an ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.

Noun

operating expense (plural operating expenses)

  1. An ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.

Synonyms of operating expense

Forms of operating expense

pluraloperating expenses

Questions about operating expense

What does operating expense mean?
Operating expense means an ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.
What part of speech is operating expense?
Operating expense is a noun.
What is the plural of operating expense?
The plural of operating expense is operating expenses.

Words near operating expense in the dictionary

  1. operating cycle
  2. operating cycles
  3. operating depth
  4. operating depths
  5. operating expenditure
  6. operating expense
  7. operating expenses
  8. operating income
  9. operating leverage
  10. operating loss
  11. operating losses

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