cost

Noun

cost noun

1. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.“The average cost of a new house is twice as much as it was 20 years ago.”
2. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.“Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.”

cost noun

1. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
2. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

cost noun

1. A rib; a side.
2. A cottise.

Verb

cost verb

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. 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. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
4. To calculate or estimate a price.“I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.”