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.