cost
To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
Verb 4 meanings
To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
“This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.”
To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
“Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.”
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
To calculate or estimate a price.
“I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.”
Noun 4 meanings
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
“The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.”
A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
“Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.”
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
A cottise.
Etymology
From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō (“stand together”).
COST at a glance
COST has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #539 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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