cost
Meaning
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- To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- To calculate or estimate a price.
- (colloquial) To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
Synonyms
be worth
insurance and freight
monetary value
have value
legal costs
be extravagant with
costage
be priced at
be valued
capitalized cost
be used up
final cost
self-cost
be expensive
cost-based
set a price
amount to
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒst/
Etymology
From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō (“stand together”).
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