01 n. A rib; a side; a region or coast.
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A rib; a side; a region or coast.[Obs.]“Betwixt the costs of a ship.” — B. Jonson.
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Entry
7 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Cost
/(kŏst; 115)/
· IPA /ˈkɔst/
02 v. t. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinqui…
imp. & p. p.
Cost; p. pr. & vb. n.
Costing
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To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.“A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats.” — Shak.“Though it cost me ten nights' watchings.” — Shak.
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To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.“To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe.” — Milton.
Phrases & compounds
To cost dear —
to require or occasion a large outlay of money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.
03 n. The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-d…
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The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.“One day shall crown the alliance on 't so please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost.” — Shak.“At less cost of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion.” — Prescott.
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Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.“I know thy trains, Though dearly to my cost, thy gins and toils.” — Milton.
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Expenses incurred in litigation.(Law)