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Definition cost in British English

cost verb

[transitive] verb
/kɒst/
1

if something costs an amount of money, that amount is needed in order to buy it, pay for it, or do it

Example

A new computer costs around £1,000.

Example

Unemployment costs the taxpayer billions each year.

Example

Calls cost 36p per minute.

Example

Dinner cost £35 per person including wine.

Example

How much does it cost to hire a bike?

Synonyms and related words
cost buy work out
2

to cause someone to lose something good or valuable

Example

The merger will cost jobs.

Example

His decision to take the car cost him his life.

Example

We made two mistakes that cost us dearly.

Synonyms and related words
damage spoil harm
3

to calculate exactly how much something will cost

Example

All your proposals must be costed before we can consider them.

Synonyms and related words
bargain beat down bottom out
Definition cost in British English

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