Sometimes, determining whether a condition became worse because of the natural course of the illness, or because of a side effect of the medication the patient is taking can be difficult. (For example, both the infection causing a sore throat and a reaction to medication can cause nausea.)
DEFINITION of 'Overhead'. An accounting term that refers to all ongoing business expenses not including or related to direct labor, direct materials or third-party expenses that are billed directly to customers.
Definition. Capital expenditures are expenditures creating future benefits. A capital expenditure is incurred when a business spends money either to buy fixed assets or to add to the value of an existing asset with a useful life that extends beyond the tax year.apital expenditures include acquiring fixed assets (tangible, e.g. machinery or intangible e.g. patents), fixing problems with an asset, preparing an asset to be used in business, restoring property so that value is added, or adapting it to a new or different use.