cost

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɒst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɔst, kɑst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kôst, kost)

Inflections of 'cost' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
costs
v 3rd person singular
costing
v pres p
costed
v past (Senses relating to estimating or determining cost only)
cost
v past (All other usages)
costed
v past p (Senses relating to estimating or determining cost only)
cost
v past p (All other usages)

cost
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Sense: Noun: price
Synonyms:
price Collocations, damage Collocations (slang), expense Collocations, price tag, charge Collocations, surcharge Collocations, expenditure Collocations, value Collocations, amount payable, loss Collocations, tariff Collocations, fee Collocations
Sense: Noun: damage - often plural
Synonyms:
damage Collocations, harm Collocations, sacrifice Collocations, ruin Collocations, loss Collocations, expense Collocations, destruction Collocations, detriment, price to pay, toll Collocations
Sense: Verb: require in money
Synonyms:
sell for, be priced at, come to, be marked at, be worth, be valued at, amount to, mount up to, be sold for, go for, command a price of, set sb back, fetch Collocations, be a bargain at, run Collocations
Sense: Verb: require in sacrifice
Synonyms:
require Collocations, necessitate, obligate, take Collocations, take away, deprive sb of
Sense: Verb: put a price on
Synonyms:
price Collocations, value Collocations, budget Collocations, estimate the price of, estimate the cost of, put a price on


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