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costs

/ˈkɑsts/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
  2. To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
  3. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
  4. To calculate or estimate a price.
  5. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
  6. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
  7. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
  8. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
  9. A rib; a side.
  10. A cottise.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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