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cost
(k/O/st )

noun (n)

  • the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor(noun.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    He couldn't calculate the cost of the collection.
    Synonym:
    monetary value, price
    source: wordnet30
  • value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The cost in human life was enormous.
    Synonym:
    price, toll
    source: wordnet30
  • A rib; a side; a region or coast.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • be priced at(verb.stative)
    Example:
    These shoes cost $100.
    Synonym:
    be
    source: wordnet30
  • require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice(verb.stative)
    Example:
    This mistake cost him his job.
    source: wordnet30
  • To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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