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cost  (kôst)

n.

1. An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.

2. 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).

3. 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.

1. To have as a price.

2. To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice: Participating in the strike cost me my job.

3. past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of: The accountants costed out our expenses.

Idiom:

at all costs

Regardless of the expense or effort involved; by any means.

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

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costless adj.

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cost [kɒst]

n

1. the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay

2. suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty count the cost to your health I know to my cost

3. (Economics)

a.  the amount paid for a commodity by its seller to sell at cost

b.  (as modifier) the cost price

4. (Law) (plural) Law the expenses of judicial proceedings

at any cost or at all costs regardless of cost or sacrifice involved

at the cost of at the expense of losing

vb costs, costing, cost

1. (tr) to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); be priced at the ride cost one pound

2. to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or sacrifice (of) the accident cost him dearly

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) to estimate the cost of (a product, process, etc.) for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc.

[from Old French (n), from coster to cost, from Latin constāre to stand at, cost, from stāre to stand]

costless  adj

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Cost 

See Also: ADVANTAGEOUSNESS, THRIFT

1. As cheap as pearls are costly —Robert Browning
2. Charge like a brain surgeon —Saul Bellow
3. Cheap as dirt —F. E. Smedley
4. Cheap as excuses —Anon
5. Cheap as lies —William Shakespeare
6. Cheap as old clothes —Horace Walpole
7. Cheap as old clothes used to be —Elyse Sommer

   An update of Horace Walpole’s simile above, inspired by a change in both economic conditions and the upgraded status of old clothes.

8. Expensive as building an atomic reactor —Robert Traver
9. Expensive as Manhattan real estate —Anon
10. Expensive as sin —Anon

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Cost 

(See also PAYMENT.)

an arm and a leg An exorbitant amount of money; a popular American hyperbole.

bleed See EXTORTION.

for a song Cheaply, inexpensively, at low cost, for little or nothing. A song meaning ‘a trifle or thing of no consequence’ may stem from the supposed retort of Baron Burleigh on being ordered by Elizabeth I to give Edmund Spenser an annuity of 100 pounds for having composed the Faerie Queene:

All this for a song?

In any event, a song as an insignificance dates from Elizabethan times, for Shakespeare uses it in this sense in All’s Well That Ends Well (1601).

for love or money At any price; by any means available. This phrase is most frequently used in the negative expression not for love or money to imply that someone or something is unobtainable at any price—either financial or emotional.

He let me … use … Anglo-Saxon texts not elsewhere to be had for love or money. (Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language, 1870)

highway robbery Exorbitantly or outrageously high prices. The allusion is to highwaymen, the holdup men of yesteryear who roamed the public roads robbing travelers. This expression is often used to express indignation at ridiculously high prices which one is nevertheless forced to pay for lack of an alternative, just as the victims of highwaymen had no choice but to surrender their money and goods at the risk of their lives. The expression has been in figurative use since at least 1920.

Nothing on the wine list … under two-pound-ten. Highway robbery by candlelight. (J. B. Priestley, It’s Old Country, 1967)

pay through the nose To pay an exorbitant price, financially or otherwise, unwittingly or through coercion. Many variations on one story line are cited as sources for this expression. The most popular is that the Danes in the 9th century imposed a “nose tax” on the Irish. Those who neglected to pay were punished by having their noses slit. Some say the Swedes or Norwegians were the oppressors. Others say the Jews rather than the Irish were the oppressed. However, pay through the nose derives from the punishment, irrespective of who inflicted the punishment on whom. The phrase was used as early as 1672 and is commonly heard today, often implying an unawareness or naiveté on the part of the person “paying through the nose.”

pay too dearly for one’s whistle To pay more for some desired object than it is worth; to expend a great deal of time, effort, or money for something which does not come up to one’s expectations; to indulge a whim. This expression is based on Benjamin Franklin’s The Whistle (1799), which tells of his nephew’s wanting a certain whistle so much that he paid its owner four times its value. As soon as the whistle had been acquired, however, it lost its appeal of the unattainable, leaving the boy disappointed with his purchase.

If a man likes to do it he must pay for his whistle. (George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876)

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cost - Something that costs a particular amount literally "stands at or with" that price, from Latin constare, "to be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost."

See also related terms for stands.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending - money paid out; an amount spent disbursal, disbursement, expense - amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) capital expenditure - the cost of long-term improvements payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged ransom, ransom money - money demanded for the return of a captured person cost overrun - excess of cost over budget; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget" cost of living - average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation" borrowing cost - the cost of borrowing something distribution cost - any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc) handling charge, handling cost - the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) marketing cost - the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer) production cost - combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods replacement cost - current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness physical value, reproduction cost - cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation) unit cost - calculated cost for a given unit of a product price, terms, damage - the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" price - cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price" opportunity cost - cost in terms of foregoing alternatives portage - the cost of carrying or transporting charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
	2.	cost - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" monetary value, price value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" average cost - total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost - the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output expensiveness - the quality of being high-priced assessment - the market value set on assets inexpensiveness - the quality of being affordable
	3.	cost - value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" toll, price value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" death toll - the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
Verb	1.	cost - be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" be be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" knock back, put back, set back - cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"
	2.	cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

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cost

noun

1. price, worth, expense, rate, charge, figure, damage (informal), amount, payment, expenditure, outlay The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold.

2. loss, suffering, damage, injury, penalty, hurt, expense, harm, sacrifice, deprivation, detriment a man who always looks after `number one', whatever the cost to others

plural noun

expenses, spending, expenditure, overheads, outgoings, outlay, budget The company admits its costs are still too high.

verb

1. sell at, come to, set (someone) back (informal), be priced at, command a price of The course is limited to 12 people and costs £50.

2. lose, deprive of, cheat of The operation saved his life, but cost him his sight.

at all costs no matter what, regardless, whatever happens, at any price, come what may, without fail We must avoid any further delay at all costs.

Translations

cost [kɒst]

A. N

1. (= expense) (often pl) → coste m, costo m (esp LAm); (= amount paid, price) → precio m
at cost (Comm) → a(precio de)coste
at all costs; at any cost; whatever the cost (fig) → cueste lo que cueste, a toda costa
she cared for her elderly mother at great cost to her own freedom → cuidó de su madre anciana pagando un precio muy alto a costa de su propia libertad
these are solutions that can be implemented at little cost → estas son soluciones que pueden ponerse en práctica y que son poco costosas
at the cost of his life/health → a costa de su vida/salud
to bear the cost of (lit) → pagar or correr con los gastos de (fig) → sufrir las consecuencias de
to count the cost of sth/of doing sth → pensar en los riesgos de algo/de hacer algo
without counting the cost → sin pensar en los riesgos
to my cost → a mis expensas

2. costs

2.1. (Jur) → costas fpl
he was ordered to pay costs → se le condenó a pagar las costas

2.2. (= expenses) → gastos mpl

B. VT

1. (cost (pt, pp)) → costar, valer
it cost £2 → costó 2 libras
how much does it cost? → ¿cuánto cuesta?, ¿cuánto vale?, ¿a cuánto está?
what will it cost to have it repaired? → ¿cuánto va a costar repararlo?
it cost him a lot of money → le costó mucho dinero
it'll cost you → te va a salir caro
it cost him his life/job → le costó la vida/el trabajo
it cost me a great deal of time/effort → me robó mucho tiempo/me costó mucho esfuerzo
it costs nothing to be polite → no cuesta nada ser educado
whatever it costs; cost what it may (also fig) → cueste lo que cueste
to cost the earth it costs the earth → cuesta un riñón, cuesta un ojo de la cara

2. (costed (pt, pp)) (Comm) [+ articles for sale] → calcular el coste de; [+ job] → calcular el presupuesto de
the job was costed at £5000 → se calculó que el coste del trabajo ascendería a 5.000 libras
it has not been properly costed → no se ha calculado detalladamente el coste

C. CPD cost accountant N → contable mf de costes or (esp LAm) costos
cost accounting N → contabilidad f de costes or (esp LAm) costos
cost analysis N → análisis m inv de costes or (esp LAm) costos
cost centre N → centro m (de determinación)de costes or (esp LAm) costos
cost control N → control m de costes or (esp LAm) costos
cost of living N → coste m or (esp LAm) costo m de la vida
cost-of-living allowance → subsidio m por coste
cost-of-living bonus → plus m de carestía de vida, prima f por coste de la vida
cost-of-living increase → incremento m según el coste de la vida
cost-of-living index → índice m del coste or (LAm) de (la)vida
cost price N (Brit) → precio m de coste or (LAm) costo
at cost price → a precio de coste

cost out VT + ADV → presupuestar

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cost [ˈkɒst]

n

(monetary) → coût m
to count the cost of sth (= assess the cost of) → calculer le coût de qch (= assess the consequences of) [+ disaster] → faire le bilan de qch

(fig) → prix m
as I know to my cost → comme je l'ai appris à mes dépens
at all costs → coûte que coûte, à tout prix
at any cost → à n'importe quel prix

vt

[cost] (pt, pp) [+ money] → coûter
The meal costs fifteen euros → Le repas coûte quinze euros.
How much does it cost? → Combien ça coûte?
It costs too much → Ça coûte trop cher.
What will it cost to have it repaired? → Combien cela coûtera de le faire réparer?
to cost sb sth
It cost me £10 → Cela m'a coûté dix livres.
It cost them £10 → Cela leur a coûté dix livres.
to cost money (= be expensive) → coûter cher

(fig) to cost sb sth
It cost him his life → Ça lui a coûté la vie.
It cost him his job → Ça lui a coûté son emploi.
It cost them time → Cela leur a pris du temps.
It cost them effort → Cela leur a demandé des efforts.

[costed] [ˈkɒstɪd] (pt, pp) (= estimate cost of) [+ plan, contract] → calculer le coût de; [+ product] → établir le prix de revient de, calculer le prix de revient de costs

npl

[business] → frais mpl

(legal) → dépens mpl
cost accountant n → analyste mf de coûts
cost accounting n → comptabilité f analytique
co-star [ˈkəʊstɑː^r]

n → partenaire mf

vi [actor] → partager la vedette, partager l'affiche
to co-star with sb → partager la vedette avec qn, partager l'affiche avec qn

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cost vb: pret, ptp <cost>

vt

(lit, fig) → kosten; how much does it cost? → wie viel kostet es?; how much will it cost to have it repaired? → wie viel kostet die Reparatur?; it cost (him) a lot of money → das hat (ihn) viel Geld gekostet; designer clothes cost money → Designerkleidung kostet Geld; driving without a seat belt cost him dear → Fahren ohne Sicherheitsgurt kam ihn teuer zu stehen; it cost him a great effort/a lot of time → es kostete ihn viel Mühe/viel Zeit; that mistake could cost you your life → der Fehler könnte dich das Leben kosten; cost what it may → koste es, was es wolle; politeness doesn’t cost (you) anything → es kostet (dich) nichts, höflich zu sein; it’ll cost you (inf) → das kostet dich was (inf)

pret, ptp <costed> (= work out cost of) project etc → veranschlagen

pret, ptp <costed> (Comm: = put a price on) articles for sale → auspreisen (at zu)

n

(lit) → Kosten pl → (of für); to bear the cost of something → die Kosten für etw tragen, für die Kosten von etw aufkommen; the cost of electricity/petrol these days → die Strom-/Benzinpreise heutzutage; to buy something at great cost → etw zu einem hohen Preis kaufen; at little cost to oneself → ohne große eigene Kosten; to buy something at cost → etw zum Selbstkostenpreis kaufen; cost containment → Kostendämpfung f; cost of manufacture → Produktions- or Herstellungskosten pl; cost of sales → Verkaufskosten pl

(fig) → Preis m; at all costs, at any cost → um jeden Preis; whatever the cost → kostet es, was es wolle; at the cost of one’s health/job/marriage etc → auf Kosten seiner Gesundheit/Stelle/Ehe etc; at great/little personal cost → unter großen/geringen eigenen Kosten; he found out to his cost that … → er machte die bittere Erfahrung, dass …

costs pl (Jur) → Kosten pl; to be ordered to pay costs → zur Übernahme der Kosten verurteilt werden

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cost:

cost accountant

n → Kostenbuchhalter(in) m(f)

cost accounting

n → Kalkulation f

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cost:

cost-benefit analysis

n → Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse f

cost centre

n → Kostenstelle f

cost clerk

n → Angestellte(r) mf → in der Kostenbuchhaltung

cost-conscious

adj → kostenbewusst

cost-covering

adj (Fin) → kostendeckend

cost-cutting

n → Kostenverringerung f

adj attr cost exercise → kostendämpfende Maßnahmen pl

cost-effective

adj → rentabel, kosteneffizient (spec)

cost-effectively

adv → rentabel

cost-effectiveness

n → Rentabilität f, → Kosteneffizienz f (spec)

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cost:

cost of living

n → Lebenshaltungskosten pl

cost-of-living adjustment

n (US Fin) → Dynamisierung f → auf der Basis veränderter Lebenshaltungskosten

cost-of-living bonus

n → Lebenshaltungskostenzuschlag m

cost-of-living index

n → Lebenshaltungsindex m

cost-plus

adj calculated on a cost basis → unter Einbeziehung einer Gewinnspanne berechnet

cost price

n → Selbstkostenpreis m

cost-saving

adj → kostensparend

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cost [kɒst]

1. n → costo (Law) costs → spese fpl
to be ordered to pay costs (Law) → essere condannato/a a pagare le spese
cost, insurance and freight (Comm) → costo, assicurazione e nolo
to bear the cost of → sostenere la spesa di
at great cost → a caro prezzo
at cost (price) → a prezzo di costo
at any cost, at all costs (fig) → a tutti i costi, a ogni costo
whatever the cost (fig) → costi quel che costi
to my cost (fig) → a mie spese
at the cost of his life/health → rimettendoci la vita/la salute

2. vt

a. (cost (pt, pp)) → costare
how much does it cost? → quanto costa?, quanto viene?
what will it cost to have it repaired? → quanto costerà farlo riparare?
it cost him a lot of money → gli è costato un sacco di soldi
it costs the earth (fam) → costa un occhio della testa
it cost him his life/job → gli è costato la vita/il lavoro
it cost me a great deal of time/effort → mi è costato molto tempo/molta fatica
it costs nothing to be polite → essere educati non costa nulla
whatever it costs (fig) → costi quel che costi
it costs £5/too much → costa 5 sterline/troppo

b. (costed (pt, pp)) (Comm) → stabilire il prezzo di

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v cost [kost]

1 to be obtainable at a certain price This jacket costs 75 dollars; The victory cost two thousand lives. kos يُكَلِّـف струвам stát (o ceně) koste kosten στοιχίζω costar maksma minema قیمت داشتن maksaa coûter לַעֲלוֹת लागत stajati, koštati vmibe kerül berharga, meminta (korban) kosta costare 費用が～かかる 대가를 치르다 kainuoti, atsieiti maksāt bernilai kosten koste kosztować custar a costa стоить stáť veljati koštati kosta มีมูลค่า mal olmak, tutmak, (para) etmek 花了或價值...(多少錢) коштувати قيمت هونا، لاگت هونا ra giá 价值为...

2 (past tense, past participleˈcosted) to estimate the cost of (a future project) The caterer costed the reception at three hundred dollars. koste bereken يُحَدِّد سِعْـر الكلفَـه оценявам odhadnout náklady kalkulere; prissætte kalkulieren κοστολογώ calcular el coste de maksumust arvestama براورد هزینه کردن tehdä kustannuslaskelma évaluer le coût de לְתַמחֵר मूल्य stajao/la je, koštao/la je kikalkulálja az árát menganggarkan áætla kostnað preventivare 見積もる 비용 견적을 내다 apskaičiuoti (ko) kainą, išlaidas izcenot; izkalkulēt (cenu) mengenakan bayaran begroten beregne omkostningene wyceniać, sporządzać kosztorys avaliar a evalua оценивать odhadnúť náklady oceniti stroške proceniti na kostnadsberäkna, bestämma pris ตีราคา maliyetini hesaplamak 估計…的價格 визначати вартість لاگت كا اندازه كرنا، حساب لگانا ước tính giá phải trả 估计价格

n

the price to be paid (for something) What is the cost of this coat? prys سِعْـر، ثَمَـن цена cena pris der Preis κόστος precio hind قیمت hinta prix מְחִיר मूल्य, लागत cijena ár harga verð; kostnaður costo 代価 대가 kaina cena harga prijs pris, kostnad, utgift(er), omkostning(er) cena, koszt custo preţ цена; стоимость cena cena cena kostnad ราคา fiyat, maliyet 價格 вартість; ціна قيمت، دام، مول giá tiền 费用

adj costly

costing much a costly wedding-dress. duur غالي الثَّمَـن، نَفـيس скъп drahý dyr kostspielig ακριβός costoso, caro kallis پر هزینه؛ گران kallis coûteux יָקַר महंगा skup költséges mahal dÿr costoso 高価な 비싼 brangus dārgs mahal kostbaar dyr, kostbar kosztowny dispendioso scump дорогой nákladný, drahý drag skup dyrbar แพง pahalı 昂貴的 дорогий, розкішний مهنگا، قيمتى đắt tiền 昂贵的

n costliness

duurheid, duurte غلاء الثَّمن ценност drahota; hamižnost kostbarhed die Kostspieligkeit ακρίβεια alto precio; suntuosidad kallidus گرانی kalleus cherté יוֹקֵר महंगापन skupoća drágaság; pompa kemahalan dÿrleiki costo eccessivo 高価 비싼 가격, 사치 brangumas dārdzība mahal kostbaarheid kostbarhet wysoka cena custo scumpete дороговизна drahota dragocenost skupoća dyrbarhet, kostbarhet ความมีราคา pahalılık 昂貴 дорожнеча گرانى، مهنگائى sự đắt tiền 昂贵

n pl costs

the expenses of a legal case He won his case and was awarded costs of $500. koste, hofkoste, gedingkoste مَصاريف الدَّعوى разноски soudní náklady sagsomkostning Kosten (pl.) έξοδα (πληθ.) costas kohtukulud مبلغ oikeudenkäyntikulut dépens עֲלוּת न्यायिक प्रक्रिया की कुल लागत troškovi költségek biaya málskostnaður spese processuali 訴訟費用 비용 teismo išlaidos, kaštai tiesas izdevumi; izmaksas biaya proceskosten saksomkostninger koszty custas cheltuieli (de judecată) судебные издержки súdne výdavky stroški troškovi omkostnad[] ค่าใช้จ่ายในการว่าคดีความ dava/yargılama masrafları; mahkeme harcı 訴訟費 витрати عدالت كا خرچ‍ہ lệ phí 诉讼费

at all costs

no matter what the cost or outcome may be We must prevent disaster at all costs. tot elke prys بأي ثَمنِ كان، مهما كلَّف الأمْـر на всяка цена za každou cenu for enhver pris um jeden Preis πάση θυσία a toda costa iga hinna eest به هر قیمتی که شده hinnalla millä hyvänsä à tout prix בְּכָּל מְחִיר किसी भी कीमत पर pod svaku cijenu mindenáron bagaimanapun juga fyrir alla muni a ogni costo ぜひとも 어떤 희생을 치르더라도 bet kokia kaina par katru cenu bagaimanapun juga tot elke prijs for enhver pris za wszelką cenę a todo o custo cu orice preţ любой ценой za každú cenu za vsako ceno po svaku cenu till varje pris ไม่ว่าอย่างไรก็ตาม ne pahasına olusa olsun 不惜任何代價 за любу ціну كسى بهى قيمت پر، ب‍ہ‍ر صورت bằng bất cứ giá nào 不惜任何代价

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cost → تكلفة, يُكَلِف náklady, stát koste, pris Kosten κοστίζω, κόστος costar, coste, costo hinta, maksaa coût, coûter koštati, trošak costare, costo かかる, コスト 비용, 비용이 들다 kosten koste, kostnad koszt, kosztować custar, custo стоимость, стоить kosta, kostnad ค่าใช้จ่าย, มีมูลค่า eder, mal olmak chi phí, phải trả 成本, 花费