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| cost [ kawst ] |
verb (past and past participle cost, present participle cost·ing, 3rd person present singular costs) |
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1. transitive verb have particular price: to require the payment of a particular sum
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2. transitive and intransitive verb be expensive: to require payment of a large sum of money by somebody
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informal
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3. transitive verb cause loss of something: to cause somebody or something to lose, sacrifice, or suffer something
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4. (past and past participle cost·ed) transitive verb calculate money required for something: to calculate the price or expense of something
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noun (plural costs) |
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1. amount paid for something: the amount of money required to be paid for something
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2. money spent doing something: the amount of money spent in producing or doing something
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3. loss or effort: the loss, sacrifice, suffering, or effort involved in doing something
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4.
Same as cost price
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plural noun costs |
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1. legal expenses: the amount of money that is spent pursuing a legal action, especially those expenses that a losing party may be required to pay
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2. total sum of money: the calculated amount of money needed for something
  housing costs
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| [14th century. Via Old French co(u)ster< Latin constare "stand firm" < stare "to stand"] |
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| cost·less adjective |
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