incidental expenses
Extras on a trip
Incidental expenses are minor costs that arise alongside a main activity or purchase—the small, often unforeseen charges that accumulate around a central expense.
A business trip has its airfare and hotel, but incidentals include tips, dry cleaning, and room service.
The grant covers tuition but not incidental expenses.
Often shortened to incidentals.
- gratuitiesPayments beyond the bill
- tipEnd or gratuity
- feesCosts for services
- toll roadsHighways requiring user fees
- changeTo make different
costs · out of pocket · outlay · cash · allowance · travel allowance · ancillaries · charges · receipts · porterage · sundries · baggage fees · meals · taxi fares · fare · laundry · petty cash · loose change
incidental expensesfixed costs
Expenses unchanged by output
capital expenses · big-ticket items · overhead · operating expenses · direct costs
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