incidental
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                    Adjective
                    
                (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"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                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"
                
                    Noun
                    
                (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
                
                    Noun
                    
            an item that is incidental