operating expenses
Definition
Those incurred in carrying out a firm's day to day activities, but not directly associated with production. Operating expenses include payroll, sales commissions, employee benefits and pension contributions, transportation and travel, amortization and depreciation, rent, repairs, and taxes, etc. Also called non-manufacturing expenses, these expenses are usually subdivided into selling expenses and administrative and general expenses.
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