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  • noun Plural form of incidental.
  • noun Small items of expenditure that are not individually identified.

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Examples

  • I know young men who spend more for unnecessary things, what they call "incidentals" -- cigars, drinks, all sorts of sweets, soda-water and nick-nacks of various kinds -- than for their essentials, board, clothes, rooms.

    Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887

  • They’ll spend another 50K in incidentals, 25-30K in decorating, 50-75K in consultants, 30-50K in travel and 25K on keynote speakers and such.

    Exploding the conference business « BuzzMachine 2006

  • The difficulties of puppydom will be minimized by the live in staff who will help with the "incidentals".

    Obama, Don't Get a Puppy aka TBTAM 2008

  • The taxpayers are unwittingly funding ten million dollars PER MONTH for his TRAVELLING and Personal entourage, his private planes,his outrageously expensive hotel suites, his personal publicity team, his body guards, his language coach, his tutors, and all the other "incidentals" he DEMANDS!

    The Teachers' Union Wants Smaller Class Size. You Got A Problem With That? 2006

  • After a nasty little encounter with the Meadowood staff concerning our "incidentals" (croquet lessons, the Toblerone candy bar I ate, the tennis balls) we dropped by Dad's place to walk their just-this-side-of-feral dog Dolce, who neither pooped nor peed in what I can imagine is a rare trip outside.

    4/30/02 Today was a rare 2002

  • After a nasty little encounter with the Meadowood staff concerning our "incidentals" (croquet lessons, the Toblerone candy bar I ate, the tennis balls) we dropped by Dad's place to walk their just-this-side-of-feral dog Dolce, who neither pooped nor peed in what I can imagine is a rare trip outside.

    4/13/02 After a nasty little 2002

  • This included the findings that Ratsela had a Santa credit card with a R50,000 a year limit for "incidentals", a petrol card and a top range BMW for his use.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • Such persons must pay extra for washing, and there are many "incidentals" which add to the landlady's receipts.

    Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862

  • Just a few "incidentals" which I'm sure these neo-fascists have forgotten to consider ….

    unknown title 2009

  • Think about how loud and long your credit card company would laugh if you told them you no longer considered, say, "incidentals" to be billable and you were going to ignore them on your bills from now on.

    Intellectual Poison 2008

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