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Meaning
Verb
●
To
incur
a
charge
of; to
require
payment
of a (specified) price.
●
To cause
something to
be
lost
; to cause the
expenditure
or
relinquishment
of.
●
To
require
to be
borne
or
suffered
; to cause.
●
To
calculate
or
estimate
a price.
●
To cost (a person) a
great deal
of money or suffering.
Noun
●
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
●
A
negative
consequence
or
loss
that
occurs
or is required to occur.
●
Manner; way; means; available
course
; contrivance.
●
Quality;
condition
;
property
; value;
worth
; a
wont
or
habit
;
disposition
;
nature
; kind; characteristic.
●
A
rib
; a side.
●
In Heraldic charges:
A cottise.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cost
English
cost
Middle English (1100-1500)
cost
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
kostr
Old Norse
kost
Middle Low German
coste
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
costa
Latin
costen
Middle English (1100-1500)
coster
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Expenditure
Price
Priced
Prices
Expense
Related
Charge
Pay
Value
Fee
Expenses
Outlay
Pricing
Budget
Benefit
Amount
Risk
Efficiency
Fees
Revenue
Overheads
Rate
Premium
Income
Profit
Yield
Incur
Spend
Charges
Expenditures
Demand
Savings
Saves
Overhead
Earn
Offer
Quality
Save
Require
Payment
Quantity
Resource
Availability
Spent
Burden
Performance
Rates
Sell
Requirement
Profitability
Paid
Tax
Expensive
Waste
Purchase Price
Price Tag
Selling Price
Market Price
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Rhymes
Wast
Cost
Lost
Crost
Frost
Frost
Tossed
Sauced
Accost
Acrost
Glossed
Defrost
Crossed
Embossed
Jack Frost
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