cost

[ kawst, kost ]

/ kɔst, kɒst /

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noun

the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.

an outlay or expenditure of money, time, labor, trouble, etc.: What will the cost be to me?

a sacrifice, loss, or penalty: to work at the cost of one's health.

costs, Law.

money allowed to a successful party in a lawsuit in compensation for legal expenses incurred, chargeable to the unsuccessful party.
money due to a court or one of its officers for services in a cause.

verb (used with object), cost or for 10, cost·ed; cost·ing.

to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange: That camera cost $200.

to result in or entail the loss of: Carelessness costs lives.

to cause to lose or suffer: The accident cost her a broken leg.

to entail (effort or inconvenience): Courtesy costs little.

to cause to pay or sacrifice: That request will cost us two weeks' extra work.

to estimate or determine the cost of (manufactured articles, new processes, etc.): We have costed the manufacture of each item.

verb (used without object), cost·ed or cost; cost·ing.

to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something.

Verb Phrases past and past participle cost·ed or cost; present participle cost·ing.

cost out, to calculate the cost of (a project, product, etc.) in advance: The firm that hired him just costed out a major construction project last month.

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

1 charge, expense, expenditure, outlay. See price.

3 detriment.

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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

Definition for cost (2 of 2)

cost-

variant of costo- before a vowel: costate.

Example sentences from the Web for cost

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.

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“The sensation these objects presented receded as their cost increased,” notes Rabinowitz.

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But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.

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It cost several thousand dollars and a high-powered former district attorney to get the charges dropped.

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And that realization comes at the cost of severe, public embarrassment for many, including the victim/proposed.

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Mr. R. M. Watts was the architect, and the cost of erecting and equipping the building, exclusive of books, was 3234.

The City of Auckland |John Barr
It might cost five hundred pounds to find him, it might cost five thousand.

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In short, he accumulated all the information he could by which the cost of logging might be estimated.

The Blazed Trail |Stewart Edward White
The cost of building churches and supporting ministers would thus have been unnecessary, but God does not do things in that way.

With the Children on Sunday |Sylvanus Stall
The cost of some headings in the new red sandstone which the writer recently inspected, varied from 30s.

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British Dictionary definitions for cost

cost

/ (kɒst) /

noun

the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay

suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty count the cost to your health; I know to my cost

the amount paid for a commodity by its sellerto sell at cost
(as modifier)the cost price

(plural) law the expenses of judicial proceedings

at any cost or at all costs regardless of cost or sacrifice involved

at the cost of at the expense of losing

verb costs, costing or cost

(tr) to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); be priced at the ride cost one pound

to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or sacrifice (of) the accident cost him dearly

to estimate the cost of (a product, process, etc) for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc

Derived forms of cost

costless, adjective

Word 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.

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cost

noun

verb (used with object), cost or for 10, cost·ed; cost·ing.

verb (used without object), cost·ed or cost; cost·ing.

Verb Phrases past and past participle cost·ed or cost; present participle cost·ing.

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Origin of cost

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noun

verb costs, costing or cost

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cost

noun

verb (used with object), cost or for 10, cost·ed; cost·ing.

verb (used without object), cost·ed or cost; cost·ing.

Verb Phrases past and past participle cost·ed or cost; present participle cost·ing.

Idioms for cost

Origin of cost

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OTHER WORDS FROM cost

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Definition for cost (2 of 2)

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noun

verb costs, costing or cost

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