current expenses; operating costs
Accounting term for recurring, day-to-day expenses of running an organization, as opposed to capital expenditure.
We reviewed utility costs to reduce operating expenses.
Most of the budget is allocated to current expenses.
固定費 are fixed costs that do not vary with activity level, whereas 経常費 includes both fixed and variable recurring expenses.
Compound of 経常 (keijō, 'ordinary, recurring') and 費 (hi, 'expense, cost').