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

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

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

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

To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

To calculate or estimate a price.

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

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

Example: The average cost of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago.

A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

Example: Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.

Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.

Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

A rib; a side.

A cottise.