cost

[kɔːst]

Definition:
1. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.
2. Be priced at.
3. Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.

Use 'cost' in a sentence:

• 1. Cost was a key element in our decision.
• 2. The cost in terms of human life was high.
• 3. We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food.
• 4. Tickets cost ten dollars each.
• 5. The total cost to you is £ 3 000.
• 6. This book is of such importance that it must be published at any cost.
• 7. It'll cost € 100 or so.
• 8. In 1989 the price of coffee fell so low that in many countries it did not even cover the cost of production.
• 9. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent.
• 10. It'll cost you five grand!
• 11. The cost given is only approximate.
• 12. A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £80 000.
• 13. That dress must have cost a bomb!
• 14. The cost includes transit.
• 15. Don't worry about the cost—I'll treat you.
• 16. Everything that goes into making a programme, staff, rent, lighting, is now costed.
• 17. The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs.
• 18. The work will cost £ 10 000 plus.
• 19. It cost in the neighbourhood of $500.
• 20. It cost us nothing to go in.
• 21. Matches cost only a few pence.
• 22. And again, we must think of the cost.
• 23. That car must have cost a bundle.
• 24. The cost will be met by the company.
• 25. Many people act on impulse without counting the cost.
• 26. Be careful with that ─ it cost a lot of money.
• 27. This course is limited to 12 people and costs £50.
• 28. A half-price suit still cost $400.
• 29. They told Jacques Delors a disastrous world trade war must be avoided at all costs.
• 30. He ordered the army to recapture the camp at any cost.
• 31. We estimated it would cost about € 5 000.
• 32. Let's be practical and work out the cost first.
• 33. I know it won't cost very much but that's not the point.
• 34. Kathryn knows to her cost the effect of having served a jail sentence.
• 35. The cost ran into the thousands.
• 36. The cost was negligible.
• 37. The cost is immaterial.
• 38. Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases.
• 39. How much did it cost?
• 40. Well-designed clothes cost money.
• 41. .a six-year-old boy whose life was saved by an operation that cost him his sight.
• 42. Painted walls look much more interesting and doesn't cost much.
• 43. Her insolence cost her her job.
• 44. What's the unit cost ?
• 45. .being so afraid of something that you feel you have to avoid it whatever the cost to your lifestyle.
• 46. It cost a mere bagatelle.
• 47. The company admits its costs are still too high.
• 48. Training is an investment not a cost.
• 49. The use of cheap labour helped to keep costs down.
• 50. That car must have cost a packet.
• 51. It's time we got on to the question of costs.
• 52. How much does it cost to become a member?
• 53. Success has cost him dearly.
• 54. There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost.
• 55. The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair.
• 56. It cost him five hundred quid.
• 57. The plan had to be abandoned on grounds of cost.
• 58. They cost two dollars a pound.
• 59. Don't use too much of it ─ it cost a lot of money.
• 60. How much will it cost, more or less?
• 61. That one mistake has cost him dear over the years.
• 62. It didn't cost a penny.
• 63. The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold.
• 64. It must have cost a tidy sum.
• 65. The car cost a cool thirty thousand.
• 66. Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday's earthquake.
• 67. A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one.
• 68. The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
• 69. The actual cost was higher than we expected.
• 70. The project cost a shedload of money.
• 71. The cost should average out at about £ 6 per person.
• 72. A new computer system has been installed at a cost of £ 80 000.
• 73. Just out of interest, how much did it cost?
• 74. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
• 75. However you look at it, it's going to cost a lot.
• 76. It'll cost at least 500 dollars.
• 77. That one mistake almost cost him his life.
• 78. What does this mean in terms of cost?
• 79. The cost of living has risen sharply.
• 80. The cost of living has increased dramatically.
• 81. The cost would be somewhere around £ 1 500.