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Definition of Cost
1. Noun. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.
Specialized synonyms: Disbursal, Disbursement, Expense, Capital Expenditure, Payment, Ransom, Ransom Money, Cost Overrun, Cost Of Living, Borrowing Cost, Distribution Cost, Handling Charge, Handling Cost, Marketing Cost, Production Cost, Replacement Cost, Physical Value, Reproduction Cost, Unit Cost, Damage, Price, Terms, Price, Opportunity Cost, Portage, Charge
2. Verb. Be priced at. "These shoes cost $100"
3. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Value
Specialized synonyms: Average Cost, Differential Cost, Incremental Cost, Marginal Cost, Expensiveness, Assessment, Inexpensiveness
Derivative terms: Costly
4. Verb. Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice. "This mistake cost him his job"
5. Noun. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. "What price glory?"
Generic synonyms: Value
Specialized synonyms: Death Toll
Derivative terms: Costly
Definition of Cost
1. n. A rib; a side; a region or coast.
2. v. t. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.
3. n. The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.
Definition of Cost
1. Noun. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance. ¹
2. Noun. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic. ¹
3. Noun. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. ¹
4. Noun. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. ¹
5. Verb. To incur a charge, a price. ¹
6. Verb. To cause something to be lost. ¹
7. Verb. To calculate or estimate a value. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cost
1. to estimate a price for production of [v COST, COSTED, COSTING, COSTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cost
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