Finance & Corporate Jargon · Managing Director level

"Opex"

"Opex" refers to operating expenses, the day-to-day costs a business incurs to keep running, as opposed to capital investments.

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How "Opex" shows up at work

Finance teams love the abbreviation because it sounds like they understand something you don't. In budget meetings it appears alongside capex in a ratio that determines whether your project gets funded or politely deferred.

Buzzword

We need to move this from capex to opex before the quarter closes.

Plain English

We need to reclassify this as operating costs before the quarter closes.

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