oncost

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of oncost

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
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noun

  1. Additional costs; extra expenses.
  2. Overhead (expense)
  3. The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
  4. (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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