Budgets, finance plans & cash flow · Specialist

Overhead

ELI5

Allocated or charged general business costs under a budget, finance or distribution agreement.

Used in conversation

“The budget needs to show overhead clearly before approval.”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

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