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cost

/ cost /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
Type of:
outgo expenditure outlay
Kinds of:
expense disbursal disbursement capital expenditure payment
Derived:
be
verb Sense 2
require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
"This mistake cost him his job"
Type of:
necessitate ask postulate
Derived:
price toll
Usage Patterns:
Somebody's (body part) ----s
verb Sense 3
be priced at
"These shoes cost $100"
Type of:
be
Kinds of:
set back knock back put back
Derived:
monetary value price
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody's (body part) ----s
noun Sense 4
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?"
Type of:
value
Kinds of:
death toll
noun Sense 5
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"
Type of:
value
Kinds of:
average cost marginal cost incremental cost differential cost expensiveness
Derived:
be
Semantic Complexity
79%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
3
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outgo expenditure outlay expense disbursal disbursement capital expenditure payment necessitate ask postulate be