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in·ci·den·tal

(ĭn′sĭ-dĕn′tl)adj.
1. Occurring or likely to occur as an unpredictable or minor consequence: 'the principle that even annoying, intrusive, and offensive speech is to be protected by the courts and tolerated by the public as incidental to an open society'(Frederick Schauer). 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

(ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl) adj
1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous
2. (foll by: to) found in connection (with); related (to)
4. occasional or minor: incidental expenses.
n
(often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action
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in•ci•den•tal

(ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl)

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adj.

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1. happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
2. incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount: incidental expenses.
n. Incident
4. incidentals, minor expenses.
in`ci•den′tal•ness,n.
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Noun1.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'
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
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, nonessentialThe playing of music proved to be incidental to the main business.
secondaryimportant, necessary, essential, vital, crucial

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

adjective
Not part of the real or essential nature of a thing:
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incidental

[ˌɪnsɪˈdentl]A.ADJUrine
1. (= related) [benefit] → adicional; [effect] → secundario
the troubles incidental to any journey → las dificultades que conlleva cualquier viaje
incidental expenses → gastosmplimprevistos
incidental music → músicaf de acompañamiento
2. (= secondary, minor) [details] → incidental, secundario
but that is incidental to my purpose (frm) → pero eso queda al margen de mi propósito
B.incidentalsNPL (= expenses) → (gastos mpl) imprevistos mpl
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incidental

[ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl]adj

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(= 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 fraismpl
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incidental

adj
dangers incidental to foreign travel(liter) → mit AuslandsreisenverbundeneGefahren
(= secondary etc) → nebensächlich; remark → beiläufig
n → Nebensächlichkeitf, → Nebensachef; incidentals(= expenses) → Nebenausgabenpl
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incidental

[ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl]
1.adj (secondary) → secondario/a; (unplanned) → fortuito/a
incidental to → connesso/a con
incidental expenses → spesefplaccessorie
2.n (minor point) → incidentalsnpl (expenses) → spesefplaccessorie
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incident

(ˈinsidənt) noun
an event or happening. There was a strange incident in the supermarket today. voorval حادِث инцидент incidente incident der Vorfall hændelse περιστατικό, συμβάν, επεισόδιοincidente, suceso juhtum اتفاق tapaus incidentתקרית घटना incident, događaj váratlan esemény kejadian atburður fatto 出来事 사건 atsitikimas incidents; gadījums; notikums kejadian voorvalbegivenhet, hending zdarzenie اتفاق incidente in­cident случай incident, (nepríjemná) udalosť, príhoda pripetljaj incident händelse, incident เหตุการณ์ olay 事件 випадок; пригода واقعہ sự kiện 事件
ˌinciˈdental (-ˈden-) adjective
1. occurring etc by chance in connection with something else. an incidental remark. toevallig عَرَضي، طارئ случайно incidental náhodný beiläufig tilfældig περιστασιακός, συμπτωματικόςfortuito, casual juhuslik اتفاقی satunnainen fortuitמקרי प्रासंगिक prigodan mellékes tidak disengaja tilviljunar- fortuito 偶然伴う 우연한 atsitiktinis nejaušs; gadījuma- tidak disengajakan terloopstilfeldigprzypadkowy اتفاقی acidental întâmplător случайный náhodný slučajen slučajan tillfällig โดยมิได้ตั้งใจ tesadüfi 偶發的 випадковий ضمنی ngẫu nhiên 偶然发生的，偶然碰到的
2. accompanying (something) but not forming part of it. He wrote the incidental music for the play. agtergrondagtig مُرافِق съпътстващ de fundo doprovodný Begleit-... ledsagende συνοδευτικός de acompañamiento, de fondo taust- ضمیمه؛ همراه oheis- d'accompagnementנלווה आनुषंगिक uzgredan kísérő mengiringi fylgi-; undirleikur; tónlist við leikrit/kvikmynd di fondo 付随的な 부수적인 akompanuojantis, pritariantis (filmas, izrādes) fona mūzika mengiringi begeleidend ledsagende towarzyszący سړه de fundo de acompaniament сопроводительный sprievodný spremljevalen sporedan bakgrunds- เป็นบางส่วน önemsiz, küçük 附帶的，伴隨的 побічний پس منظر کی موسیقی kém theo 附带的，伴随而来的
ˌinciˈdentally (-ˈden-) adverb
by the way. Incidentally, where were you last night? terloops بالمُناسَبَه، بِهذه المُناسَبَه случайно a propósito mimochodem nebenbei for resten παρεμπιπτόντως, μια που το 'φερε η κουβέντα a propósito muide راستی muuten à propos דֶרֶך אַגַב अकस्मात slučajno, usput mellékesen (megjegyezve), mellesleg (szólva) secara kebetulan meðal annarra orða a proposito ついでながら 우연히 tarp kitko nejauši; gadījuma pēc; starp citu sementara itu terloopsforresten, for øvrig a propos راستی a propósito apropo между прочим, кстати mimochodom mimogrede uzgred förresten, tillfälligtvis โดยบังเอิญ (Ha) aklıma gelmişken; Şeyy! 順便說及 між іншим اتفاقا، ویسے nhân tiện 顺便说及

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