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cost
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noun (n)
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor(noun.possession)source: wordnet30
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)(noun.attribute)Example:
He couldn't calculate the cost of the collection.
source: wordnet30 - A rib; a side; a region or coast.(noun)source: webster1913
- The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice(verb.stative)Example:
This mistake cost him his job.
source: wordnet30 - To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.(verb)source: webster1913