cost (kɒst
)
Definitions
noun
- the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay
- suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty ⇒
count the cost to your health
I know to my cost
- the amount paid for a commodity by its seller ⇒
to sell at cost
- ((as modifier) ⇒
the cost price
- the amount paid for a commodity by its seller ⇒
- (plural) law the expenses of judicial proceedings
- See at any cost
- See at the cost of
verb
Word forms: costs, costing, cost
- (tr) to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); be priced at ⇒
the ride cost one pound
- to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or sacrifice (of) ⇒
the accident cost him dearly
- to estimate the cost of (a product, process, etc) for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc
Alternative Forms
ˈcostless adjectiveWord Origin
C13: from Old French (n), from coster to cost, from Latin constāre to stand at, cost, from stāre to standTranslations
- British English:
cost
The cost of something is the amount of money needed to buy, do, or make it....the cost of electricity.kɒst NOUN ...the cost of electricity.
- Spanish:
costo
nm
- French:
coût
nm
- German:
Kosten
npl
- Chinese: 成本 n
- Arabic: تَكْلِفَة n
- Portuguese: custo nm
- Russian: стоимость nf
- Croatian: trošak nm
- Czech: náklady npl
- Danish: pris nutr
- Dutch: kosten npl
- Finnish: hinta n
- Greek: κόστος nnt
- Italian: costo nm
- Japanese: コスト n
- Korean: 비용 n
- Norwegian: kostnad nm
- Polish: koszt nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: custo nm
- European Spanish:
coste
nm
- Swedish: kostnad nutr
- Thai: ค่าใช้จ่าย n
- Turkish: eder n
- Vietnamese: chi phí n
- British English:
cost
If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount.It costs too much to buy a new one.kɒst VERB It costs too much to buy a new one.
- Spanish:
costar
v
- French:
coûter
vt
- German:
kosten
v
- Chinese: 花费 v
- Arabic: يُكَلِّفُ v
- Portuguese: custar v
- Russian: стоить v
- Croatian: koštati v
- Czech: stát v
- Danish: koste v
- Dutch: kosten v
- Finnish: maksaa v
- Greek: κοστίζω v
- Italian: costare v
- Japanese: かかる v
- Korean: 비용이 들다 v
- Norwegian: koste v
- Polish: kosztować v
- Brazilian Portuguese: custar v
- European Spanish:
costar
v
- Swedish: kosta v
- Thai: มีมูลค่า v
- Turkish: mal olmak v
- Vietnamese: phải trả v
Usage examples
Not his confession, nor the pain it had cost him to make it.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Details: To be held at Bishop's Waltham Palace, Southampton, Hampshire from July 15 to 16. Tickets cost £9.50 (+ concessions).
Country Life (2004)Those cases may cost the Archdiocese up to $30 million dollars.
Irish Times (2002)The actions seek to force the industry to cover the cost of headsets that he says would protect users from possible radiation hazards.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The trip to Rarotonga could cost $16 000 all up; public subscriptions helped some families.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)