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cost
verb
A2
UK /kɒst/ US /kɔst/
To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
ditransitive, transitive
To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
ditransitive, transitive
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
colloquial, transitive
To calculate or estimate costs (such as expenses, or a price).
Forms
he/she/it
costs
-ing form
costing
past participle
costed
Example sentences
1990 results
This will cost €30.
Tatoeba
It costs an arm and a leg.
Tatoeba
Show all 1990 example sentences
cost
Amount of money (or time, etc.) that is required or used.
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