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cost Definition

cost (kôst, käst)

transitive verb cost, costing cost′·ing

  1. : orig. construed as a vi. with the apparent object an adverbial adjunct, and still felt as a vi. when used with an adverb it cost him dearly
    1. to be obtained or obtainable for (a certain price); be priced at
    2. to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or experience of victory cost him his health
  2. costed cost′·ed, costing cost′·ingBusiness to estimate the cost of making, producing, carrying out, etc., as a product or program: often with out

Etymology: ME costen < OFr coster < ML costare < L constare, to stand together, stand at, cost < com-, together + stare, to stand

intransitive verb

Informal to be expensive

noun

    1. the amount of money, etc. asked or paid for a thing; price
    2. the amount spent in producing or manufacturing a commodity
    3. the amount paid for something by a dealer, contractor, etc.: a markup is usually added to arrive at a selling price stoves sold at cost in a sale
    1. the amount of money, time, effort, etc. required to achieve an end
    2. loss, sacrifice; detriment to smoke at the cost of one's health
  3. Law the expenses of a lawsuit, esp. those assessed by the court against the losing party
cost Idioms

at all costs

regardless of the cost or difficulty involved; by any means required
also at any cost
cost Synonyms

cost

n.

  1. Price

    payment, value, charge, expense; see price, value 1.

  2. Damage

    harm, detriment, loss, sacrifice; see damage 1, 2, loss 1.

cost Synonyms

cost

v.

  1. To require in money

    sell for, be priced at, be asked, be demanded, be paid, be given, be received, be needed, require, take, be marked at, be valued (at), be worth, amount to, come to, be for sale at, command a price of, run, mount up to, bring in, get, fetch, set one back*.

  2. To require in sacrifice

    necessitate, obligate, lose; see require 2.

cost Telecom Definition
  1. The amount of money paid to acquire something, or spent in producing something.
  2. The amount of time, effort, or other resources expended in accomplishing something.
  3. In telecommunications, the cost of transmitting data along a given path or route can be measured in terms of bandwidth consumption and quality of service (QoS) parameters such as number of hops, total latency, bit error rate (BER), and packet loss, or any number of considerations other than the direct monetary cost of passing traffic to another carrier or service provider. See also bandwidth, BER, carrier, hop, latency, path, packet, QoS, route, and traffic.
cost Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • incur: Any extra costs incurred during the course of your stay should be paid directly to the hotel on checkout.
  • associate: In addition to our offer, we will also incur the costs associated with the removal of the building from its site.
  • cut: Penny and the leadership team had to cut costs.

Adjective modifier

  • total: The total costs of the project are £ 14.6 million.

Noun used with modifier

  • operating: The 96, a council-funded school bus, is earmarked for withdrawal due to high operating costs.
  • postage: When returning unwanted goods, please note that we will not normally refund the return postage costs.
  • administration: A small fee would have to be charged for membership, in order to pay for our administration costs in maintaining an efficient service.
cost Quotes

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

—Bible (NewTestament)

   'Would you just as soon get off the earth?' holding ourselves aloof in pride of distinction saying to ourselves this costs us nothing as though hate has no cost as though hate ever grewanything worth growing.

—Sandburg, Carl

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

—Kennedy,John F(itzgerald)

The military struggle may frankly be regarded for what it actually was, namely a war for independence, an armed attempt to impose the views of the revolutionists on the British government and large sections of the colonial populationat whatevercosttofreedomofopinionor the sanctity of life and property.

—Schlesinger, Arthur Meier

We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery† Our cause is just, our union is perfect.

—Dickinson,John

The greatest cost, namely time.

—Antiphon   5c

Any time you see him he isgenerally by himself because being by himself is not apt to cost him anything.

—Runyon, (Alfred) Damon

   Nay: but Iwill surely buy it oftheeat a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which dost cost me nothing.

—Bible (Old Testament)