cost

Meanings

Plural: costs

Noun

• the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
• the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
  • "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
• value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
  • "the cost in human life was enormous"
• Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
• A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
• Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
• Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
• A rib; a side.
• A cottise.

Verb

• be priced at
  • "These shoes cost $100"
• require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
  • "This mistake cost him his job"
• To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
• To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
• To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
• To calculate or estimate a price.
• To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.

Synonyms

be, monetary value, price, toll

Related Words

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