G&A
Abbreviation · Startup & VC
Definitions
General and administrative expense, covering overhead functions such as finance, legal, HR, and office costs that support the company broadly rather than directly driving revenue. G&A rises with scale even when product usage does not.
In plain English: A shorthand for general overhead costs like finance, HR, and legal.
Example: "The board wanted tighter control over G&A while still expanding the sales team."
Related Terms
- Cost Center
- CRM
- EBITDA
- ERP
- Fixed Cost
- Forecasting
- Free Cash Flow
- Gross Revenue
- Liquidation
- Net Income
- Accrued Revenue
- Asset-Light
- Break-Even
- Capital Efficiency
- Capital Expenditure
- Cash Flow
- Net Revenue
- Operating Expense
- Operational Excellence
- OpEx
- P&L
- PnL
- Pro Forma
- Profit Center
- Revenue
- Revenue Recognition
- Sales Ops
- Secondment
- Utilization Rate
- Virtual CFO
- Working Capital
- Write-Off