Unkosten.
side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit; costs that only indirectly serve the purpose of the undertaking; overhead
Meaning & usage
side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit; costs that only indirectly serve the purpose of the undertaking; overhead
Zum eigentlichen Kaufpreis kommen noch verschiedene Unkosten für Makler, Notar usw.
synonym of Spesen (“expenses, e.g. on a business trip”)
Die teuren Preise am Flughafen sind mir egal, weil ich das bei der Firma als Unkosten einreichen kann.
Where this word comes from
15th century, from un- + Kosten, literally “un-costs”, i.e. “bad costs” (with the prefix used as in Unmensch). At first Central German, surely after earlier Middle Low German unkost or Middle Dutch oncost (1372).
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