Definitions for costs
costs

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1. costsnoun

   pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

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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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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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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. Robert Blecker:

   The death penalty should not be a utilitarian issue in terms of weighing the costs against the benefits, but rather an issue simply of justice, of who deserves it.

2. David Hepworth:

   It takes less energy to produce this material than it would to make nanocellulose from something else, like trees, so we're trying to do this in a very energy-minimising way, which is good for the environment and it's good for us because it saves costs of production, so we can potentially produce a cost-effective material and that opens a number of markets.

3. Myron Brilliant:

   A short fix will lead us back to negotiating these issues in a short period of time, this opportunity comes with costs if not realized.

4. Taylor Ricketts:

   Wild bee declines may increase costs for farmers and, over time, could even destabilize crop production.

5. Yeb Sano:

   Air pollution steals our livelihoods and our futures, in addition to human lives lost, there's an estimated global cost of 225 billion dollars in lost labor, and trillions in medical costs. This has enormous impacts, on our health and on our wallets.

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