cost
Meaning of cost
verb
- To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.
- To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
- To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- To calculate or estimate a price.
I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.
- Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
The average cost of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago.
- A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.
- Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
- Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- A rib; a side.
- A cottise.
Information about cost
- The plural form of cost is: costs.
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Hyphenation of cost
cost
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- cost is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
cost synonyms
Meaning monetary value:
Meaning price:
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Translation of cost
- German: Kosten, Preis
- Spanish: coste, canon, precio, costar
- French: coût, prix, cout
- Italian: costo, prezzo, costare
- Portuguese: custos, preço
Anagrams of cost
Words that rhyme with cost
Cost, acost, accost, reaccost, Pentecost, alecost, becost, pentecost, recost, Pancost, millincost, oncost, uncost, aftercost, discost
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