OVERHEAD

OVERHEAD overhead, n. Business expenses (such as rent, utilities, or support-staff salaries) that cannot be allocated to a particular product or service; fixed or ordinary operating costs. ¡ª Also termed administrative expense; office expense. [Cases: Damages 42, 45. C.J.S. Damages ¡ì¡ì 62¨C65.] How do bilingual lawyers in China usually translate the term OVERHEAD?