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verb
- 1. (of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done: "each issue of the magazine costs $2.25" Similar
- 2. estimate the price of: "it is their job to plan and cost a media schedule for the campaign" Similar
noun
- 1. an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something: "we are able to cover the cost of the event" Similar
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The meaning of COST is the amount or equivalent paid or charged for something : price. How to use cost in a sentence.
Cost means a price that must be paid for something or a sacrifice. Cost is used as a verb to mean to require a payment or to cause the loss of something. Cost has several other senses as a noun and a verb.
cost | cost. if something costs a particular amount of money, you have to pay that amount in order to buy or have it: cost $1 million/£500,000, etc. Calls cost 60 cents per minute. cost sb $1 million/£500,00, etc. Deregulation allowed the company to fix electricity prices, costing consumers billions of dollars.
The cost of something is how much money you need to spend on it. The high cost of a fancy coffee drink might surprise you. A new car costs thousands of dollars, while in some places penny candy still only costs a penny per piece.
If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount. This course is limited to 12 people and costs £50. [VERB amount] Painted walls look much more interesting and don't cost much. [VERB amount] It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new trucks.
the amount of money that you need to buy or do something: The cruise ship was built at a cost of $400 million. Software is included at no extra cost. The cost of living (= the cost of food, clothes, etc) has increased. Fewer examples. the overall cost of the holiday. The cost of vaccination is nothing compared to the cost of treating the disease.
1. the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay. 2. suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty: count the cost to your health; I know to my cost. 3. (Economics) a. the amount paid for a commodity by its seller: to sell at cost.
at all costs, regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary: Also at any cost. The stolen painting must be recovered at all costs. More idioms and phrases containing cost
noun. /kɒst/ /kɔːst/ Idioms. [countable, uncountable] the amount of money that you need in order to buy, make or do something. cost of something the high/low cost of housing. at a cost of something A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000. You could buy a used car at a fraction of the cost of a new one.
COST meaning: 1 : the price of something the amount of money that is needed to pay for or buy something; 2 : an amount of money that must be spent regularly to pay for something (such as running a business or raising a family) usually plural
