Definitions of COST [ɔst, kɒst]

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Definition of 'COST'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cost
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.

2.  cost
an outlay or expenditure of money, time, etc.

3.  cost
a sacrifice, loss, or penalty:
to work at the cost of one's health.

4.  cost
costs, money awarded to a successful litigant for legal expenses, charged against the unsuccessful litigant.

5. (v.t.) cost
to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange:
That camera cost $200.

6.  cost
to entail the loss or injury of:
Carelessness costs lives.

7.  cost
to entail (effort or inconvenience):
Courtesy costs little.

8.  cost
to cause to pay or sacrifice:
That request will cost us extra work.

9.  cost
to estimate or determine the cost of (manufactured articles, new processes, etc.).

10. (v.i.) cost
to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something.

Definition of 'COST'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cost
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

2. (noun) monetary value, price, cost
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
"the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"

3. (verb) price, cost, toll
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
"the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"

4. (verb) cost, be
be priced at
"These shoes cost $100"

5. (verb) cost
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
"This mistake cost him his job"

Definition of 'COST'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cost
the amount of money needed for sth
The cost of housing has risen by 10%.; services provided at a cost of $800; the costs involved in running a business; the high cost of health care

2.  cost
cover the cost of
provide payment for
insurance that covers the cost of long hospital stays

3.  cost
the effort, suffering, or loss that doing sth involves
the cost of freedom; The war continues at a cost of 1200 lives.

4.  cost
at all costs/at any cost
even if sth extremely difficult, bad, dangerous, etc. must be done
Avoid the busy highways at all costs.; athletes who are determined to win at any cost

5.  cost
costs
legal expenses
He was ordered to pay costs.

6. (verb) cost
(of an object or activity) to have a particular price
flowers that cost $10 a bunch; How much will it cost me to take the train?

7.  cost
cost a fortune
to be very expensive

8.  cost
to require sb to give up sth important
His decision almost cost him his life.; behavior that cost her her job

9.  cost
to calculate the price of sth
a fully costed design proposal

Definition of 'COST'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) COST
a rib; a side; a region or coast

2. (noun) COST
see Cottise

3. COST
of Cost

4. (verb) COST
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

5. (verb) COST
to require to be borne or suffered; to cause

6. (verb) COST
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

7. (verb) COST
loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering

8. (verb) COST
expenses incurred in litigation

Translation of 'COST'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to be obtainable at a certain price This jacket costs 75 dollars; The victory cost two thousand lives.
Afrikaans: kos	Arabic: يُكَلِّـف	Bulgarian: струвам
Brazilian: custar	Czech: stát (o ceně)	German: kosten
Danish: koste	Greek: στοιχίζω	Spanish: costar
Estonian: maksma minema	Farsi: قیمت داشتن	Finnish: maksaa
French: coûter	Hebrew: לַעֲלוֹת	Hindi: लागत
Croatian: stajati, koštati	Hungarian: vmibe kerül	Indonesian: berharga, meminta (korban
Icelandic: kosta	Italian: costare	Japanese: 費用が～かかる
Korean: 대가를 치르다	Lithuanian: kainuoti, atsieiti	Latvian: maksāt
Malay: bernilai	Dutch: kosten	Norwegian: koste
Polish: kosztować	Persian: قیمت داشتن	Pashto: قيمت، بيه ار زښت: زيان، ت
Portuguese: custar	Romanian: a costa	Russian: стоить
Slovak: stáť	Slovenian: veljati	Serbian: koštati
Swedish: kosta	Thai: มีมูลค่า	Turkish: mal olmak, tutmak, (para)
Taiwanese: 花了或價值...(多少錢)	Ukrainian: коштувати	Urdu: قيمت هونا، لاگت هونا
Vietnamese: ra giá	Chinese: 价值为...
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