indirect cost

noun

a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.

Origin of indirect cost

First recorded in 1905–10

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British Dictionary definitions for indirect costs

indirect costs

pl n

another name for overheads