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Audio Help [kawst, kost] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, cost or, for 10–12, cost·ed, cost·ing.

–noun

1.	the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.

2.	an outlay or expenditure of money, time, labor, trouble, etc.: What will the cost be to me?

3.	a sacrifice, loss, or penalty: to work at the cost of one's health.

costs, Law.

a.	money allowed to a successful party in a lawsuit in compensation for legal expenses incurred, chargeable to the unsuccessful party.

b.	money due to a court or one of its officers for services in a cause.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange: That camera cost $200.

6.	to result in or entail the loss of: Carelessness costs lives.

7.	to cause to lose or suffer: The accident cost her a broken leg.

8.	to entail (effort or inconvenience): Courtesy costs little.

9.	to cause to pay or sacrifice: That request will cost us two weeks' extra work.

10.	to estimate or determine the cost of (manufactured articles, new processes, etc.).

–verb (used without object)

11.	to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something.

—Verb phrase

12.	cost out, to calculate the cost of (a project, product, etc.) in advance: to cost out a major construction project.

—Idiom

13.	at all costs, regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary: The stolen painting must be recovered at all costs. Also, at any cost.

[Origin: 1200–50; (v.) ME costen < AF, OF co(u)ster < L constāre to stand together, be settled, cost; cf. constant; (n.) ME < AF, OF, n. deriv. of the v.

]

—Related forms

costless, adjective

cost·less·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. charge, expense, expenditure, outlay. See price. 3. detriment.

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cost Audio Help (kôst) Pronunciation Key
n.

An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.
The expenditure of something, such as time or labor, necessary for the attainment of a goal: "Freedom to advocate unpopular causes does not require that such advocacy be without cost" (Milton Friedman).
costs Law The charges fixed for litigation, often payable by the losing party.

v.   cost, cost·ing, costs

v.   intr.
To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss: It costs more to live in the city.

v.   tr.

To have as a price.
To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice: Participating in the strike cost me my job.
past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of: The accountants costed out our expenses.

[Middle English, from Old French, from coster, to cost, from Latin cōnstāre, to be fixed, cost; see constant.]

cost'less adj.

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costs
noun
pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

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costs noun plural

the expenses of a legal case
Example: He won his case and was awarded costs of $500.

Arabic:	مَصاريف الدَّعوى
Chinese (Simplified):	诉讼费
Chinese (Traditional):	訴訟費
Czech:	soudní náklady
Danish:	sagsomkostning
Dutch:	proceskosten
Estonian:	kohtukulud
Finnish:	oikeudenkäyntikulut
French:	dépens
German:	Kosten (pl.)
Greek:	έξοδα (πληθ.)
Hungarian:	költségek
Icelandic:	málskostnaður
Indonesian:	biaya
Italian:	spese processuali*

Japanese:	訴訟費用
Latvian:	tiesas izdevumi; izmaksas
Lithuanian:	teismo išlaidos, kaštai
Norwegian:	saksomkostninger
Polish:	koszty
Portuguese (Brazil):	custas
Portuguese (Portugal):	custas
Romanian:	cheltuieli (de judecată)
Russian:	судебные издержки
Slovak:	súdne výdavky
Slovenian:	stroški
Spanish:	costas
Swedish:	omkostnad
Turkish:	dava, *yargılama masrafları; mahkeme harcı