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oncost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
on-cost
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Additional costs; extra expenses.

noun

Overhead (expense)

noun

The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.

noun

The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.

British usage

Etymology

From on- + cost, or from Middle English uncost (“additional expense”), from Middle Dutch oncost (“expenses, overhead”) (Modern Dutch onkost), equivalent to un- + cost. Cognate with German Unkosten (“expenses”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: uncost, oncost

Usage

Inflected Forms

oncosts (plural)

Derived Forms

oncostman

Questions

What does oncost mean?
Additional costs; extra expenses.
Where does oncost come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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