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    overhead
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    o‧ver‧head1 /ˌəʊvəˈhed◂ $ ˌoʊvər-/ adverb
     Word Family: noun: head, heading, overhead, header, headship; adjective: overhead, heady, headless, headed; verb: head, behead; adverb: overhead
    above your head or in the sky:
        Bullets whizzed overhead.
        A plane flew overhead.
    —overhead adjective:
        overhead wires

    II
    o‧ver‧head2 /ˈəʊvəhed $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun
     Word Family: noun: head, heading, overhead, header, headship; adjective: overhead, heady, headless, headed; verb: head, behead; adverb: overhead
    1. [uncountable] American English, overheads British English [plural] money spent regularly on rent, insurance, electricity, and other things that are needed to keep a business operating:
        Their offices are in London so the overheads are very high.
    2. [countable] a piece of transparent material used with an overhead projector to show words, pictures etc