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cost Noun

— The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it. What is the cost of the car?

cost Verb

— 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. — 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. — When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing. The repair man costed the work to fix the car.

cost

— noun the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor — verb (= be) be priced at These shoes cost $100 — verb require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice This mistake cost him his job — noun (= monetary value, price) the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver he puts a high price on his services he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection — noun (= price) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something the cost in human life was enormous the price of success is hard work what price glory?

Synonyms cost synonyms

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cost English » English

price expense value charge expenditure worth payment outlay fee expenses rate spend waste outgoing outgo lose disbursement be worth fare be amount wages wage toll suffer squander pay overhead monetary value merit insurance and freight have value figure eat damage consume come to come capital bill asset worn out when wasteful valuation titre titer terms take tab

Topics cost topics

What do people use cost to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Suffer
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Price
Person Life Die

Kill
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction Price

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Conjugation cost conjugation

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cost · verb

Examples cost examples

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Simple sentences

A moment's hesitation may cost a pilot his life.
We have to defend our country at any cost.
As soon as you have the car fixed, please send me a letter with the cost. I'll send you the money.
How much will it cost you to go by air?
The cost of gasoline keeps on going up.
Does a cup of coffee cost one crown?
I didn't expect it to cost so much.
The cost of living is rising.
I live in a country where the cost of a liter of gasoline is cheaper than the cost of a liter of water.
How much will it cost to build?
How much did that beer cost?
It must have cost you a fortune.
The cost of life increased drastically.
How much does it cost?
Are you sure about the cost of that car?
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.
My poor English cost me my job.
My mistake cost me my fortune.
A trip to Hawaii will cost you about 200 dollars.
It will cost 500 dollars to fly to Paris.
I must help her at any cost.
How much will it cost?
How much will it cost to get to the airport?
We must think about these plans in terms of what they would cost.
The problem with our plan is not so much the cost as it is the time required.
We must prevent war at any cost.
We must defend our freedom at all cost.

Movie subtitles

Whether he ran without looking or not, my lapse could have cost him his life.
It's very important for you to understand that this is not the way that we conduct ourselves, and of course we will pay for it, so if you just send us the cost, we'll reimburse you for the window.
Do you have any idea what that would cost?
Must've cost a pretty penny to make that happen.
Whatever those cost, I'll reimburse you.
I must speak to Miss Florence again, at any cost!
I must discover the truth, whatever the cost!
How much would it cost for the lot?
The discovery of this trap-door cost Joseph Buquet his life.
You need a new one. - And how much would it. er. cost?
Boy, them gold frames sure cost plenty of dough.
Gonna cost you big, because I'm taking big chances.
Now, remember how much it cost to get rid of that baseball player.
Doctor, how much do you think it would cost?
It almost cost the duke of Aumale his life.
But they cost me a fortune!
Victory in Solferino cost thousands of lives.
I sent him to law school in Montpellier. It cost a bundle, but we wanted him to be our lawyer.
We will stop them at any cost before that situation comes to pass.
Remember how much it cost to get rid of that baseball player.
How much does one cost?
M-rated video games, puppy dogs. That stuff is gonna cost you.
Cost a fortune.
How much does the damage cost?
How much does it cost?
I must have her hat at any cost. by fair means or foul.
Hey, I wonder how much it would cost to get this nose of mine fixed up.
Figurin' how much it'll cost to take her out tonight, Buddy?
It cost me a fortune, but I am he.
Let me know how much it cost and I'll give you a check for it.
Gentlemen, doesn't cost you a dime.
Cost me a bundle, too.

News and current affairs

But a cultural heritage should not be maintained everywhere, nor should it ignore cost.
One is that they are very costly; or, more accurately, the price charged for them is very high, though the cost of producing them is but a fraction of that amount.
The result is massive loss of habitat and destruction of species, yielding a tiny economic benefit at a huge social cost.
The first is re-regulation of advanced countries financial systems with a view to ensuring greater stability without impairing essential functions or unnecessarily elevating the cost of capital.
But it makes far more sense to use the force of markets - the power of incentives - than to rely on goodwill, especially when it comes to oil companies that regard their sole objective as maximizing profits, regardless of the cost to others.
Some companies even seem to celebrate the melting of the polar ice cap, because it will reduce the cost of extracting the oil that lies beneath the Arctic Ocean.
In comparison to the cost of military intervention and peacekeeping, the financial costs here are ridiculously low.
The war in Iraq cost countless innocent lives, such as when the UN headquarters in Baghdad was bombed.
There are many ways that this can be done, including reducing the cost of domestic inputs and services through targeted investments in infrastructure.
While CFLs are more expensive to buy, they are much cheaper over their lifespan, because they use much less energy (even more so with the cost of CO2 factored into taxes on electricity).
First, the US labor market is failing so badly that expanded government spending carries no resource cost to society as a whole.
Moreover, devaluation will impose heavy burdens on China, for example, it will certainly increase the cost of servicing China's debts and may also worsen the overall balance of payment.
The carrot is needed because there is great social value in discovering, for example, that cut flowers, or soccer balls, or computer software can be produced at low cost, because this knowledge can orient the investments of other entrepreneurs.
Higher interest rates to reduce the housing boom seem, even in retrospect, ill advised if the cost is mass unemployment.
Given national supervisors' predictable tendency not to recognize problems at home, it seemed natural that the cost of cleaning up insolvent banks should also be borne at the national level.
Continuing disputes in Congress about the precise details of reform could, therefore, have an economic cost if a perception that the system will not be overhauled gains ground.
Thus, on a straightforward cost-benefit basis, it seems to make sense for most people to switch from incandescent bulbs to the new, greener technology.
The reason is that monetary cost is only one factor.
The up-front cost is a factor, too, especially for those on low budgets.
Safety concerns and cost also limit intervention by international conservation organizations.
Indeed, the cost of labor in Africa is competitive enough that Ethiopia could attract companies from countries as poor as Bangladesh.
As for Lubanga, he is one of many in the Congo who has used civilians as pawns in a war that has cost more than five million lives in the past decade.
A Ugandan doctor working in Norway, for instance, cares little about the cost of a beer in Kampala.

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