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Definition of Cost
Pronunciation: kǒst; 115 | n. | 1. | A rib; a side; a region or coast. | | 2. | (Her.) See Cottise. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering. | | 3. | (Law) Expenses incurred in litigation. |
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