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Cost

/ˈkɑst/

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

📖 Definitions of "Cost"

verb
  1. 1

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

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

  2. 2

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

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

  3. 3

    To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

  4. 4

    To calculate or estimate a price.

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

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