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 {{af, en, on-, cost}}, or from Middle English uncost, t=additional expense, from {{der, en, dum, oncost, t=expenses, overhead}} (Modern {{cog, nl, onkost}}), equivalent to {{af, en, un-, cost}}. Cognate with {{cog, de, Unkost, t=expenses}}.

Anagrams

Coston, contos, nostoc