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Opex (operating expense) are expenses of the business and are related to the operational activity of the company. 

Basically, every company has few types of expenses:

• COGS (cost of sales) include costs that are directly related to production.

• Operating expenses are those expenses are not directly related to manufacturing. Operating expenses usually are overhead expenses, marketing expenses, office maintenance expenses and similar. 

• Capital expenditure (capex) refers to investments in long-term assets. 

• Financial expenses are interest for financial debt or expenses for other financial activity.

• Taxes.