Meanings
plural operating expenses
- accountingAn ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.
Synonyms: operating expenditure, OPEX
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 營運成本 /营运成本
- 營運成本 /营运成本ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system
Finnish toimintameno, toimintakustannus
- toimintamenoongoing cost for running a product, business, or system
- toimintakustannusongoing cost for running a product, business, or system
Cite this entry
operating expense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operating%20expense
“operating expense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operating%20expense. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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