Meaning of cost | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
   countable, uncountable
3. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
   obsolete
4. A rib; a side.
   obsolete
5. A surname
6. To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss: It costs more to live in the city.
7. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
   countable, uncountable
8. hashish
9. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
10. A cottise.
11. Regardless of the expense or effort involved; by any means.
12. at all costs, regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary.
13. To require a specified price:go for, sell for.
14. the price to be paid (for something). What is the cost of this coat? prys سِعْـر، ثَمَـن цена custo cena der Preis pris κόστοςprecio hind قیمت hinta prixמחיר मूल्य, लागत cijena ár harga verð; kostnaður costo 代価 대가 kaina cena harga prijspris, kostnad, utgift, omkostningcena, koszt قیمت custo preţ цена; стоимость cena cena cena kostnad ราคา fiyat, maliyet 價格 вартість; ціна قيمت، دام، مول giá tiền 费用
15. costing much. a costly wedding-dress. duur غالي الثَّمَـن، نَفـيس скъп dispendioso drahý kostspielig dyr ακριβόςcostoso, caro kallis پر هزینه؛ گران kallis coûteuxיקר महंगा skup költséges mahal dÿr costoso 高価な 비싼 brangus dārgs mahal kostbaardyr, kostbarkosztowny ګران، قيمتى dispendioso scump дорогой nákladný, drahý drag skup dyrbar แพง pahalı 昂貴的 дорогий, розкішний مهنگا، قيمتى đắt tiền 昂贵的
16. duurheid, duurte غلاء الثَّمن ценност custo drahota; hamižnost die Kostspieligkeit kostbarhed ακρίβεια alto precio; suntuosidad kallidus گرانی kalleus chertéיוקר महंगापन skupoća drágaság; pompa kemahalan dÿrleiki costo eccessivo 高価 고가, 사치 brangumas dārdzība mahal kostbaarheidkostbarhet wysoka cena ګړانی custo scumpete дороговизна drahota dragocenost skupoća dyrbarhet, kostbarhet ความมีราคา pahalılık 昂貴 дорожнеча گرانى، مهنگائى sự đắt tiền 昂贵
17. the expenses of a legal case. He won his case and was awarded costs of $500. koste, hofkoste, gedingkoste مَصاريف الدَّعوى разноски custas soudní náklady Kosten sagsomkostning έξοδαcostas kohtukulud مبلغ kulut dépensעלות न्यायिक प्रक्रिया की कुल लागत troškovi költségek biaya málskostnaður spese processuali 訴訟費用 비용 teismo išlaidos, kaštai tiesas izdevumi; izmaksas biaya proceskostensaksomkostninger koszty قیمت custas cheltuieli (de judecată) судебные издержки súdne výdavky stroški troškovi omk...
18. no matter what the cost or outcome may be. We must prevent disaster at all costs. tot elke prys بأي ثَمنِ كان، مهما كلَّف الأمْـر на всяка цена a todo custo za každou cenu um jeden Preis for enhver pris πάση θυσία a toda costa iga hinna eest به هر قیمتی که شده hinnalla millä hyvänsä à tout prix בְּכָּל מְחִיר किसी भी कीमत पर pod svaku cijenu mindenáron bagaimanapun juga fyrir alla muni a ogni costo ぜひとも 어떤 희생을 치르더라도 bet kokia kaina par katru cenu bagaimanapun juga tot elke prijs for enhver pr...
19. An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.

Equivalents

Examples

“The total cost⟳ of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.”

“We have⟳ to cut⟳ costs if we want⟳ to avoid⟳ bankruptcy.”

“The average cost⟳ of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago.”

“According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand⟳ extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay⟳ up rather than face⟳ the costs of a legal battle.”

“Spending all your time working may earn⟳ you a lot of money at the cost⟳ of your health.”

“The army won the battle decisively, but at a cost⟳ of many lives.”

“We simply do not have⟳ the option to return⟳ to a lower economic level, at least not a rational option. Peer polity competition drives increased complexity and resource consumption regardless of costs, human or ecological.”

“betwixt the costs of a ship”

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