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cost::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | be |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | set back, put back, knock back |
These shoes cost $100.
cost::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | price, toll |
| Type of | value |
| Has types | death toll |
| Derivation | costly |
the cost in human life was enormous.
cost::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | monetary value, price |
| Type of | value |
| Has types | incremental cost, inexpensiveness, differential cost, assessment, average cost, marginal cost, expensiveness |
| Derivation | costly |
he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection.
cost::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spending, outlay, expenditure, outgo |
| Has types | unit cost, ransom money, borrowing cost, capital expenditure, charge, cost of living, cost overrun, damage, disbursal, disbursement, distribution cost, expense, handling charge, handling cost, marketing cost, opportunity cost, payment, physical value, portage, price, production cost, ransom, replacement cost, reproduction cost, terms |
Examples of cost
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He also promised to weigh the cost of any incentive package against the returns.
From the tennessean.com
It won't cost you anything and will be the best investment in your relationship.
From the abcnews.go.com
Depending on the individual, additional pay-in could cost between $165 and $557.
From the thenewstribune.com
Cost-basis reporting also applies to the majority of ETFs in 2012, the IRS said.
From the bloomberg.com
They can tell you where to find hundreds of billions of dollars in cost savings.
From the washingtontimes.com
There was no use trying to sell it because it would cost more than it was worth.
From the thenewstribune.com
Other claims could cost as much as $7 billion to $10 billion over several years.
From the bloomberg.com
Technologies like the double-clutch automated manual also cost more, Kung added.
From the bloomberg.com
If it doesn't, the bloated cost of such basics as paint and wood certainly does.
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- Be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
- The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- Monetary value: 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"
- Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"
- Price: 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?"
- (costing) cost accounting
- In business, retail, and accounting, a cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something, and hence is not available for use anymore. In economics, a cost is an alternative that is given up as a result of a decision. ...
- The Cost is the sixth studio album by The Frames, released in Ireland on Plateau Records on September 22, 2006. The album was released worldwide on ANTI- on February 20, 2007. The album exhibits a sound more like that of For the Birds than their more recent album Burn the Maps. ...
- The Cost was a San Francisco Bay Area band active between 1999 and 2003. They released an EP on New Disorder Records, a split 7" with Canadian punk band d.b.s., an album on Lookout! Records, and were featured on several compilations over the years. ...
