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abnormal
Adjective
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An abnormal thing, or situation, is one that is strange, or not typical.
The weather is abnormal in Europe when it is hot in winter.
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When something is abnormal, it often means that it is bigger than normal.
The company made abnormal profits this year.
cost
Noun
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The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it.
What is the cost of the car?
cost
Verb
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When you say that a thing costs, you say that one must pay in order to buy it.
That diamond ring costs a great deal of money.
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One may say that an action costs a certain bad result.
It cost me my job when I broke the machine.
To commit a crime will cost you.
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When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing.
The repair man costed the work to fix the car.