incidental

in·ci·den·tal  (ns-dntl)

adj.

1. Occurring or likely to occur as an unpredictable or minor accompaniment: the snags incidental to a changeover in upper management. See Synonyms at accidental.

2. Of a minor, casual, or subordinate nature: incidental expenses.

n.

A minor accompanying item or expense: a pocket in the suitcase for incidentals.

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incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛnt^əl]

adj

1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous

2. (postpositive; foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to)

3. (postpositive; foll by upon) caused (by)

4. occasional or minor incidental expenses

n

(often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action

incidentalness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	incidental - (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" incidental expense, minor expense plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one expense - money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
	2.	incidental - an item that is incidental item, point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
Adj.	1.	incidental - (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" incident basic - pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
	2.	incidental - not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA nonessential inessential, unessential - not basic or fundamental
	3.	incidental - 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" concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, accompanying, attendant, sequent subsequent - following in time or order; "subsequent developments"

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incidental

adjective

1. secondary, subsidiary, subordinate, minor, occasional, ancillary, nonessential The playing of music proved to be incidental to the main business.
secondary important, necessary, essential, vital, crucial

2. accompanying, related, attendant, contingent, contributory, concomitant At the bottom of the bill were various incidental expenses.

Translations

incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdentl]

A. ADJ

1. (= related) [benefit] → adicional; [effect] → secundario
the troubles incidental to any journey → las dificultades que conlleva cualquier viaje
incidental expenses → gastos mpl imprevistos
incidental music → música f de acompañamiento

2. (= secondary, minor) [details] → incidental, secundario
but that is incidental to my purpose (frm) → pero eso queda al margen de mi propósito

3. (= accidental, fortuitous) → fortuito

B. incidentals NPL (= expenses) → (gastos mpl) imprevistos mpl

incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛnt^əl] adj

(= minor) [detail] → d'importance secondaire
to be incidental to (= be a relatively unimportant part of) → être accessoire à

(= unplanned) → accidentel(le)
incidental expenses npl → faux frais mpl

incidental

adj

dangers incidental to foreign travel (liter) → mit Auslandsreisen verbundene Gefahren

(= unplanned) event → zufällig

(= secondary etc) → nebensächlich; remark → beiläufig

n → Nebensächlichkeit f, → Nebensache f; incidentals (= expenses) → Nebenausgaben pl

incidental [ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl]

1. adj (secondary) → secondario/a; (unplanned) → fortuito/a
incidental to → connesso/a con
incidental expenses → spese fpl accessorie

2. n (minor point) → punto di secondaria importanza incidentals npl (expenses) → spese fpl accessorie