cost

Definitions

1. verb

   To need a certain price to be paid.

   Examples

   • This shirt cost fifty dollars.
   • It will cost you a lot to travel around the world.
2. verb

   To make someone lose something.

   Examples

   • Trying to save the man cost them their lives.
   • One mistake cost him the job.
3. verb

   To make someone suffer or have trouble.

   Examples

   • That little droid is going to cost me a lot of trouble.
   • The delay cost us a great deal of worry.
4. verb

   To work out the price of something.

   Examples

   • I would cost the repair work at a few thousand.
   • The contractor costed the job before starting.
5. verb

   To be expensive, used as a warning.

   Examples

   • I can give you the names, but it will cost you.
   • That is going to cost you!
6. noun

   The money or effort needed to get something.

   Examples

   • The total cost of the new building was one and a half million dollars.
   • We must cut costs to avoid going bankrupt.
7. noun

   What you lose or give up to get something.

   Examples

   • He earned money at the cost of his health.
   • The army won, but at the cost of many lives.
8. noun

   In old use, a way or means of doing something.

   Examples

   • He found no cost to escape the debt.
   • There was but one cost left open to them.
9. noun

   In old use, a quality or nature.

   Examples

   • It was not in his cost to lie.
   • Patience was never part of her cost.
10. noun

    In old use, a rib or side.

    Examples

    • They sat between the costs of the ship.
    • The old ribs of the wreck showed along its cost.