Cost

verb

/ˈkɑst/

Word Frequency: 117.1

Definitions

1.verbTo incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

"It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world."

2.verbTo cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.

"Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives."

3.verbTo require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

4.verbTo calculate or estimate a price.

"I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand."

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