Definitions for incidental

Overview of noun incidental

The noun incidental has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. incidental expense, incidental, minor expense

((frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses")

2. incidental

(an item that is incidental)

Overview of adj incidental

The adj incidental has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) incidental, incident

((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")

2. incidental, nonessential

(not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA)

3. attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent

(following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable")