operating expense

Noun

Meaning

the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

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Synonyms

overhead operating cost budget items OPEX operating costs operating budget ancillary expenses associated costs ancillary costs business expenses operating expenditure running cost operational expenses cost of operating cost of ownership
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Antonyms

decrease penalty cutting compensation discount deduction
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Hypernyms

expense disbursement disbursal

Examples

"The OpEx (operating expense) of fibre is dramatically less than copper. Source: Internet

The Privatization and Outsourcing Authority should be tasked with identifying outsourcing opportunities to reduce operating expense. Source: Internet

Operating expense in the first quarter of 2020 was $4.3 million, up from $2.5 million in the same year-ago quarter. Source: Internet

Operating expense was also negatively impacted by $2.9 million of incremental timberlands provisions, including for aged log inventory and silviculture expense. Source: Internet

Simultaneously, investors continue to place management fees under scrutiny, forcing managers to lower operating expense ratios. Source: Internet

The cloud democratizes that and moves it into an operating expense, he explained. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

operating duration operating expenditure operating expenditures operating handle operating income operating instruction