Definitions for Costs
costs

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. costsnoun

   pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

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1. Costs

   In production, research, retail, and accounting, a cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it is counted as cost. In this case, money is the input that is gone in order to acquire the thing. This acquisition cost may be the sum of the cost of production as incurred by the original producer, and further costs of transaction as incurred by the acquirer over and above the price paid to the producer. Usually, the price also includes a mark-up for profit over the cost of production. More generalized in the field of economics, cost is a metric that is totaling up as a result of a process or as a differential for the result of a decision. Hence cost is the metric used in the standard modeling paradigm applied to economic processes. Costs (pl.) are often further described based on their timing or their applicability.

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1. costsnoun

   Plural noun and verb form of the word cost.

   The operational costs were added to the budget to ensure an accurate invitation to tender was submitted.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 18, 2016  

Matched Categories

1. • Reimbursement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Costs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #813

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Costs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1134

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Costs in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Costs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Costs in a Sentence

1. Glauco Humai:

   Our plan is not to close the malls. Obviously this will raise costs.

2. Eric Marshall:

   We're focusing on the companies that regardless of the type of inflation - whether it's commodities or trade or something else - can pass on those costs because they have some sort of structural advantage.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Costs are going to go up for wealthier individuals and costs are going to go up for giant corporations, but for hardworking families across this country, costs are going to go down, and that's how it should work under Medicare for All in our healthcare system.

4. Mohammad Jalehar:

   Every pinch hurts, suppliers are telling us to prepare for higher prices. One chicken now might cost a dollar more, but where will I get the extra money I need to buy 100 birds for sale ? Will my customers also accept the costs ?

5. Shinichi Kato:

   Tyre makers are trying to buy more rubber from countries with lower labour costs such as Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in case some producers at other countries with higher costs such as Thailand stop making rubber.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Costs
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costs