oncost
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of oncost
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Additional costs; extra expenses.
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noun
- Additional costs; extra expenses.
- Overhead (expense)
- The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
- (Scotland, UK, dialectal)The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.
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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 Unkost (“expenses”).
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