cost
noun
1. the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
Definition categories: possession, expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending
2. the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection
Similar word(s): price
Definition categories: attribute, value
3. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the cost in human life was enormous
Definition categories: attribute, value
Sentences with cost as a noun:
- at all costs (= "by all means")
- The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
- We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy.
- The average cost of a new house is twice as much as t was 20 years ago.
- There were many costs to the development project, the least of all was the financial aspect.
- If you train all the time, there will be a few costs such as a lack of free time.
verb
1. be priced at
- These shoes cost $100
Similar word(s): be
Definition categories: stative, be
2. require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- This mistake cost him his job
Definition categories: stative, ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
Sentences with cost as a verb:
- This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
- It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.
- Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
- I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.