| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | kaa'st; kao'st |
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| Rhymes | glasnost |
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| Meaning | The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
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| Narrower | expense, disbursal, disbursement; capital expenditure; payment; ransom, ransom money; cost overrun; cost of living; borrowing cost; distribution cost; handling cost, handling charge; marketing cost; production cost; replacement cost; reproduction cost, physical value; unit cost; price, terms, damage; price; opportunity cost; portage; charge |
| Broader | outgo, expenditure, outlay |
| Verbs | cost |
| Meaning | The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold). |
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| Examples | "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" |
| Synonyms | monetary value, price |
| Narrower | average cost; marginal cost, incremental cost, differential cost; expensiveness; assessment; inexpensiveness |
| Broader | value |
| Verbs | cost |
| Meaning | Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. |
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| Examples | "the cost in human life was enormous" |
| Synonyms | price, toll |
| Narrower | death toll |
| Broader | value |
| Verbs | cost |
| Meaning | Be priced at. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "These shoes cost $100" |
| Synonyms | be |
| Narrower | set back, knock back, put back |
| Broader | be |
| Nouns | cost; cost |
| Meaning | Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something |
| Examples | "This mistake cost him his job" |
| Broader | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand |
| Nouns | cost |