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oncost en · NOUN

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
2. Overhead (expense)
3. (qualifier: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.

Forms

Deriveds

oncostman