incidental adj

1 (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"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change" [syn: incident] [ant: basic]

2 following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management" [syn: accompanying, attendant, concomitant, incidental to(p)]

3 not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: nonessential]

1 (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" [syn: incidental expense, minor expense]

2 an item that is incidental

English

Adjective

1. Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.

   That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.

2. Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).

Related terms

• incident
• incidence

Derived terms

• incidental expense
• incidentally

Noun

1. Incidental expense.

   She's costing us a lot in incidentals.

Incident may refer to:

• A property of a graph (mathematics) (see also glossary of graph theory)
• Incident, Culfest of NITK Surathkal, a cultural festival of The National Institute of Technology in Surathkal, Karnataka, India
• Incident management, the activities of an organization to identify, analyze and correct hazards
• Incident (Scientology), a concept in Scientology

The Incident may refer to:

• The Incident, a 1967 film.
• The Incident, an event in British history that took place in 1641.

See also

• Incidence

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