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Adjective: incidental `insi'dentl- (sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
"incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labour problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
- incident - Not of prime or central importance
- nonessential - Following or accompanying as a consequence
"snags incidental to the changeover in management"
- attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, ensuant, resultant, sequent
Noun: incidental `insi'dentl- (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
"he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
- incidental expense, minor expense - An item that is incidental
Derived forms: incidentals See also: incidentally, inessential, omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary, subsequent, unessential Type of: expense, item, point Antonym: basic Encyclopedia: Incidental |