Cost I Lot Costed Money Verb Bre Kɒst

• how much did it cost?
• i didn't get it because it cost too much.
• tickets cost ten dollars each.
• calls to the helpline cost 38p per minute.

cost

1. if something costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it
• How much did it cost?
• I didn't get it because it cost too much.
• Tickets cost ten dollars each.
• Calls to the helpline cost 38p per minute.
• Don't use too much of it—it cost a lot of money.
• All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive).
• Good food need not cost a fortune (= cost a lot of money).
• The meal cost us about £40.
• This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year.
• The hospital will cost an estimated £2 billion to build.
• It costs a fortune to fly first class.
2. to cause the loss of something
• That one mistake almost cost him his life.
• A late penalty cost United the game (= meant that they did not win the game).
• Such behaviour could cost you your place in the team.
• The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs.
3. to involve you in making an effort or doing something unpleasant
• The accident cost me a visit to the doctor.
• Financial worries cost her many sleepless nights.
• She would never know how much it cost him to tell her.
4. to estimate how much money will be needed for something or the price that should be charged for something
• see also costing
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• The project needs to be costed in detail.
• Their accountants have costed the project at $8.1 million.
• fully costed proposals
• Have you costed out these proposals yet?
5. to make somebody suffer a lot
• That one mistake has cost him dear over the years.
6. to cost/pay a lot of money
7. used to say that something will be expensive
• There is a deluxe model available, but it'll cost you.

Extra Examples

• All these reforms will cost money.
• Good food need not cost a fortune.
• I didn’t get it because it cost too much.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they cost
• he / she / it costs
• past simple cost
• past participle cost
• -ing form costing

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French coust (noun), couster (verb), based on Latin constare ‘stand firm, stand at a price’.