Definitions For Oncost

Noun

ONCOST (plural ONCOSTs) Additional costs; extra expenses. (finance) overhead, 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.

Etymology

From , or from Middle English uncost, t=additional expense, from (Modern ), equivalent to . Cognate with .

Anagrams

Coston, contos, nostoc

Is Oncost a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Oncost is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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