oncost (plural oncosts)
Additional costs; extra expenses.
(finance) Overhead (expense)
(coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.
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Source: Wiktionary
On"cost`, n. (Accounting)
Definition: In cost accounting, expenditure which is involved in the process of manufacture or the performance of work and which cannot be charged directly to any particular article manufactured or work done (as where different kinds of goods are produced), but must be allocated so that each kind of goods or work shall bear its proper share. [Brit.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
