Idioms for cost
at all costs,
regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary: The stolen painting must be recovered at all costs.
Also at any cost.
Origin of cost
1200–50; (v.) Middle English
costen < Anglo-French, Old French
co(u)ster < Latin
constāre to stand together, be settled, cost; cf.
constant; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.
SYNONYMS FOR cost
3 detriment.
OTHER WORDS FROM cost
cost·less, adjective cost·less·ness, noun re·cost, verb (used with object), re·cost, re·cost·ing.Words nearby cost
cossack,
cossack hat,
cossacks,
cosset,
cossie,
cost,
cost center,
cost centre,
cost keeper,
cost ledger,
cost of living
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British Dictionary definitions for cost
cost
/ (kɒst) /
noun
verb costs, costing or cost
Derived forms of cost
costless, adjectiveWord Origin for cost
C13: from Old French (n), from
coster to cost, from Latin
constāre to stand at, cost, from
stāre to stand
Idioms and Phrases with cost
cost
see arm and a leg, cost an; at all costs; pretty penny, cost a.