costs
/ˈkɑsts//ˈkɒsts//ˈkɔsts/verb
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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.
noun
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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.
noun
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Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
noun
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A rib; a side.
A cottise.