cost
21cost — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money needed to buy sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, high ▪ The high cost of energy was a problem for consumers. ▪ enormous, exorbitant, huge, prohibitive …
22cost — cost1 W1S1 [kɔst US ko:st] n 1.) the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something cost of ▪ the cost of accommodation ▪ I offered to pay the cost of the taxi. ▪ Insurance to cover the cost of a funeral is… …
23cost — 1 noun 1 MONEY PAID (C) the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something: I ll give you $15 to cover the cost of the gas. | at a cost of: The new building s going up at a cost of $82 million. | high/low cost: a… …
24cost — costless, adj. costlessness, n. /kawst, kost/, n., v., cost or, for 11 13, costed, costing. n. 1. the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal. 2. an outlay or expenditure of money, time,… …
25cost — cost1 [ kɔst ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, pay for, or do something: cost of: A rise in interest rates will increase the cost of borrowing. cover the cost of something (=be enough to pay for… …
26cost */*/*/ — I UK [kɒst] / US [kɔst] noun Word forms cost : singular cost plural costs 1) [countable/uncountable] the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, pay for, or do something cost of: A rise in interest rates will increase the cost of… …
27cost — I n. 1) to bear a cost; to pay costs; to spare no cost 2) to cut, reduce costs 3) to estimate; put, set a cost at (he put the cost at one hundred dollars) 4) court; direct; fixed; indirect; overhead costs (who will pay the court costs?) 5) a high …
28cost — 01. It only [costs] $2 to rent a video on Wednesday nights. 02. Don t lose your student I.D. card or it will [cost] you $10 to replace it. 03. Her apartment only [costs] $500 a month, everything included. 04. It is [costing] them thousands of… …
29cost — [[t]kɒ̱st, AM kɔ͟ːst[/t]] ♦ costs, costing (The form cost is used in the present tense, and is also the past tense and participle, except for meaning 4, where the form costed is used.) 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n The cost of something is the …
30cost*/*/*/ — [kɒst] noun I 1) [C/U] the amount of money that you need in order to buy something or to do something The cost of basic foods has risen dramatically.[/ex] We need money to cover the cost of heating (= to have enough to pay for it).[/ex] We re… …
