| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | up above |
| Synonyms: | above, aerial, aloft, atop, hanging, in the sky, on high, over, overhanging, roof, skyward, upper, upward |
| Antonyms: | below, underfoot |
| Main Entry: | above |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | higher in position |
| Synonyms: | aloft, atop, beyond, high, on high, on top of, over, overhead, raised, superior, upon |
| Antonyms: | below, under |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Main Entry: | over |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | above |
| Synonyms: | aloft, beyond, covering, farther up, higher than, in heaven, in the sky, off, on high, on top of, overhead, overtop, straight up, traversely, upstairs |
| Notes: | more than refers to countable items (there are more than 50 pies); over refers to general or unspecified amounts (over half the church is full) |
| Antonyms: | under |
| Main Entry: | upkeep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance |
| Synonyms: | budget, conservation, costs, expenditure, expenses, keep, outlay, overhead, preservation, price, repair, running, subsistence, support, sustenance, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | upper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | above |
| Synonyms: | high, higher, loftier, more elevated, overhead, top, topmost, uppermost, upward |
| Antonyms: | below, lower, under |
| Main Entry: | aloft |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | high up |
| Synonyms: | above, over, overhead, up |
| Antonyms: | below, under |
| Main Entry: | expenses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense |
| Synonyms: | cost of living, costs, damages, outlay, overhead, per diem, reparations |
| Main Entry: | operating expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money needed to run a business |
| Synonyms: | business expenses, general expenses, operating budget, operating costs, operating expenses, overhead |