operating cost(n = noun.possession) budget items, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes;
is a kind of disbursal, disbursement, expense
is a part of operating budget

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