Sekirov Dictionary

cost

/kɒst/

noun 6
verb 5
forms 5
phrases 5

noun6

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the amount of money, time or work that someone must spend to get or do something
- The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
- We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy.
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A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
- Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.
- The army won the battle decisively, but at a cost of many lives.
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
A cottise.
(no longer used) Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
(no longer used) A rib; a side.

verb5

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To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
- It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.
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To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
•
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- LUKE: "That little droid is going to cost me a lot of trouble." — 1977
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(informal) To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
- I can give you the names, but it'll cost you.
- That's going to cost you!
•
To calculate or estimate a price.
- I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.

forms

costed · costest · costing · costeth · costs

Phrases with cost

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