ALL meanings of cost
cost
C c - countable noun cost The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it. 3
- verb cost If something costs a particular amount of money, you can buy, do, or make it for that amount. 3
- noun plural cost Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business. 3
- verb cost When something that you plan to do or make is costed, the amount of money you need is calculated in advance. 3
- verb cost Cost out means the same as cost. 3
- noun plural cost If someone is ordered by a court of law to pay costs, they have to pay a sum of money towards the expenses of a court case they are involved in. 3
- uncountable noun cost If something is sold at cost, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it. 3
- singular noun cost The cost of something is the loss, damage, or injury that is involved in trying to achieve it. 3
- verb cost If an event or mistake costs you something, you lose that thing as the result of it. 3
- noun cost the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay 3
- noun cost suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty 3
- noun cost the amount paid for a commodity by its seller 3
- noun cost (as modifier) 3
- noun cost the expenses of judicial proceedings 3
- verb cost to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); be priced at 3
- verb cost to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or sacrifice (of) 3
- verb cost to estimate the cost of (a product, process, etc) for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc 3
- verb transitive cost to be obtained or obtainable for (a certain price); be priced at 3
- verb transitive cost to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or experience of 3
- verb transitive cost to estimate the cost of making, producing, carrying out, etc., as a product or program 3
- intransitive verb cost to be expensive 3
- noun cost the amount of money, etc. asked or paid for a thing; price 3
- noun cost the amount spent in producing or manufacturing a commodity 3
- noun cost the amount paid for something by a dealer, contractor, etc.: a markup is usually added to arrive at a selling price 3
- noun cost the amount of money, time, effort, etc. required to achieve an end 3
- noun cost loss, sacrifice; detriment 3
- noun cost the expenses of a lawsuit, esp. those assessed by the court against the losing party 3
- verb cost If you cost or cost out a product or process, you estimate what it is going to cost, for the purposes of pricing or budgeting. 3
- noun cost The cost of an item is the amount the buyer has to pay the seller for it. 3
- verb cost When you cost an item or a process, you calculate its cost to you or how much it will cost over its lifetime. 3
- noun cost (of an object or an action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done. 1
- transitive verb cost price 1
- noun cost expense 1
- noun cost sacrifice 1
- noun cost law: legal expenses 1
- intransitive verb cost determine costs 1
- transitive verb cost calculate the cost of 1
- transitive verb cost entail a loss 1
- noun cost the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal. 1
- noun cost an outlay or expenditure of money, time, labor, trouble, etc.: What will the cost be to me? 1
- noun cost a sacrifice, loss, or penalty: to work at the cost of one's health. 1
- noun cost costs, Law. money allowed to a successful party in a lawsuit in compensation for legal expenses incurred, chargeable to the unsuccessful party. money due to a court or one of its officers for services in a cause. 1
- verb with object cost to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange: That camera cost $200. 1
- verb with object cost to result in or entail the loss of: Carelessness costs lives. 1
- verb with object cost to cause to lose or suffer: The accident cost her a broken leg. 1
- verb with object cost to entail (effort or inconvenience): Courtesy costs little. 1
- verb with object cost to cause to pay or sacrifice: That request will cost us two weeks' extra work. 1
- verb with object cost to estimate or determine the cost of (manufactured articles, new processes, etc.): We have costed the manufacture of each item. 1
- verb without object cost to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something. 1
- idioms cost at all costs, regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary: The stolen painting must be recovered at all costs. Also, at any cost. 1