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Operating expense

An operating expense (OpEx) is an ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system. Its counterpart, a capital expenditure (CapEx), is the cost of developing or providing non-consumable parts for the product or system. For example, the purchase of a photocopier involves capex, and the annual paper, toner, power and maintenance costs represents…

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Capital expenditure Photocopier Toner Business Expense

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Operating expense

Nodes25

Edges24

Triples9

Avg. degree1.92

Density0.08

Components1

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Operating expense

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Operating expense → day-to-day expense such as sales and administration, money spent turning inventory into throughput

related to overview · 2

Operating expense → In, On

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cost operating expense isbn business opex accounting expenses capex maintenance costs include product system also ongoing capital expenditure like workers

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Operating expense	is a	day-to-day expense such as sales and administration	0.90	text
Operating expense	is a	money spent turning inventory into throughput	0.90	text
rent	instance of	opex may also include the cost of workers and facility expenses	0.80	text
utilities	instance of	opex may also include the cost of workers and facility expenses	0.80	text
sales	instance of	an operating expense is a day-to-day expense	0.80	text
administration	instance of	an operating expense is a day-to-day expense	0.80	text
or research	instance of	an operating expense is a day-to-day expense	0.80	text
Operating expense	related to overview	In	0.60	section
Operating expense	related to overview	On	0.60	section

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