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Sounds | kaa'st; kao'st |
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Rhymes | glasnost |
accost, crisscrossed, crossed, and 9 more rhymes in aost at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
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Narrower | expense, disbursal, disbursement; capital expenditure; payment; ransom, ransom money; cost overrun; cost of living; borrowing cost; distribution cost; handling cost, handling charge; marketing cost; production cost; replacement cost; reproduction cost, physical value; unit cost; price, terms, damage; price; opportunity cost; portage; charge |
Broader | outgo, expenditure, outlay |
Verbs | cost |
Meaning | The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold). |
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Examples | "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" |
Synonyms | monetary value, price |
Narrower | average cost; marginal cost, incremental cost, differential cost; expensiveness; assessment; inexpensiveness |
Broader | value |
Verbs | cost |
Meaning | Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. |
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Examples | "the cost in human life was enormous" |
Synonyms | price, toll |
Narrower | death toll |
Broader | value |
Verbs | cost |
Meaning | Be priced at. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "These shoes cost $100" |
Synonyms | be |
Narrower | set back, knock back, put back |
Broader | be |
Nouns | cost; cost |
Meaning | Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something |
Examples | "This mistake cost him his job" |
Broader | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand |
Nouns | cost |