Cost

Definition: Cost

Cost

Noun

1. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.

2. The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold): "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection".

3. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something: "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?".

Verb

1. Be priced at; "These shoes cost $100".

2. Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job".

Date "cost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	The expenditure(actual or notional)incurred on, or attributable to, a given thing. The word "cost" can rarely stand on its own and should be qualified as to its nature or limitations(e. g. historical, variable, etc. )and related to a particular thing or " object of thought"(e. g. a given quantity or unit of goods made or services performed). Source: European Union. (references)
Economics	The price, excluding VAT, at which the goods were acquired by the taxable person or, if he made them himself, the cost of their manufacture, including overheads but excluding profit. Source: European Union. (references)
Finance	Something of value, usually an amount of money, given up in exchange for something else, usually goods or services. All expenses are costs, but not all costs are expenses. (An expense is the cost of resources used to produce revenue.) As a verb, cost means to estimate the amount of money needed to produce a product or perform a service. (references)
Statistics	The amount paid to acquire resources, such as plant and equipment, fuel, or labour services. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
COST	Danish	Europæisk Samarbejde om videnskabelig og teknisk Forskning	General, Engineering & Technology
COST	Dutch	Europese samenwerking op het gebied üan het wetenschappelijk en technisch onderzoek	General, Engineering & Technology
COST	English	Cost-Oriented Systems Technique	N/A
COST	French	Co opération européenne dans le domaine de la recherche s cientifique et t echnique	General, Engineering & Technology
COST	German	Europäische Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der wissenschaftlichen und technischen Forschung	General, Engineering & Technology
COST	Italian	Cooperazione Europea nel settore della ricerca scientifica e tecnica	General, Engineering & Technology
Cost.	Italian	Costituzione federale della Confederazione Svizzera del 29 maggio 1874(a);Costituzione federale(b)	Law
COBA	English	Cost benefit analysis	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Cost

Synonyms: monetary value (n), price (n), toll (n), be (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Caution	Think twice, look before one leaps, count the cost, look to the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth; feel one's ground, feel one's way; see how the land lies; (foresight); wait to see how the cat jumps; bridle one's tongue; reculer pour mieux sauter; (prepare); let well alone, let well enough alone; let sleeping dogs lie, ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort.
Cheapness	Verb: be cheap; Adjective: cost little; come down in price, fall in price.
	Gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing; costless, expenseless; without charge, not charged, untaxed; scotfree, shotfree, rent-free; free of cost, free of expense; honorary, unbought, unpaid.
	Adverb: for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction; a bon marche.
Dearness	Verb: be dear; Adjective: cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in price, look up.
	Adverb: dear, dearly; at great cost, heavy cost; a grands frais.
Disappointment	Verb: be disappointed; look blank, look blue; look aghast, stand aghast; (wonder); find to one's cost; laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth; find one a false prophet.
Economy	Cost-cutting, cost control.
Evil	Adverb: amis, wrong, ill, to one's cost
Expenditure	Noun: expenditure, money going out; out goings, out lay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost; (price); circulation; run upon a bank.
Inexpedience	Adverb: badly; Adjective:; wrong, ill; to one's cost; where the shoe pinches.
Price	Noun: price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages; (remuneration); value; a.
	Fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.
Resolution	At any rate, at any risk, at any hazard at any price, at any cost, at any sacrifice; at all hazards, at all risks, at all events; a bis ou a blanc; cost what it may; coute; a tort et a travers; once for all; neck or nothing; rain or shine.
Value	Cost (price).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The truth is, you just cost the insurance company $2,700. You're a terrible risk (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry) I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.) His first night in the joint, Andy Dufresne cost me two packs of cigarettes (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Come on, take a bag. I took a bag home last night, and it cost me a lot more than ten quid (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Let my heart be hardedned, and never mind how high the cost may grow, this will still be so: I will never let your people go. (The Prince of Egypt; writing credit: Ken Harsha; Carole Holliday)
Lyrics	My love don't cost a thing (Love Don't Cost A Thing; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez) Tell me why it cost so much to live (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) But I can't count the cost (Got A Hold On Me; performing artist: Christine McVie; writing credit: Christine McVie and Todd Sharp) Man it cost me 20 bucks (What's Your Flava?; performing artist: Craig David)
Clever	You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. (references; author: Bob Hope) Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. (references; author: unknown) Some things that cost $5 to buy several years ago now costs $10 just to repair. (references; author: unknown) It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living. (references; author: unknown) Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents? (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	The High Cost of Loving (1958) Whatever the Cost (1918) The High Cost of Starving (1917) Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) Jason and the High Cost of Electricity (2002)
Song Titles	Love Don’t' Cost A Thing (performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Cost Plus Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The 2001 Report on Program Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance: World Market Segmentation by City (reference) The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Program Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference) The 2000-2005 Outlook for Program Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance in North America & the Caribbean (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Treatment of Hazardous Waste Leachate: Unit Operations and Cost (Pollution Technology Review, No 151) (reference) Manufacturing Cost Analysis Report: Casio N4-612 Color LED Printer [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Strategies for Reducing Cost and Improving Service (2nd Edition) (reference) Hong Kong and MacAu/at Cost (reference) The Microscope on a Budget: A Complete Guide to the Low Cost Light Microscope for the Laboratory, Photographers, & Hobbyists (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Advisory Loss Cost : Rate Level Activity Report (reference) Agricultural Building Cost Guide - Us Ed (reference) Aircraft Cost Evaluator (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Cost of Living (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Death the High Cost of Living (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Adtran Tsu Lt Low Cost Single Port T1-Ft1 Dsu/Csu (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A Panamanian Indian lady dressed in her finery A quick learner - it cost a dollar to take the picture Also selling molas. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		NURP1 low cost ROV can be deployed from small boats and dive to 1000 feet. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Figure 52. Thoulet sounder devised by Professor Julien Thoulet of the University of Nancy in 1908. This was a modification of the Belloc sounder that Professor Thoulet wished to make more portable and to have a lower cost. No information is available concerning the test and use of this machine. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Mist irrigation system cost shared and designed by NRCS in Espanola, New Mexico. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	This livestock crossing was installed to offer a stable point for livestock to cross a stream. This low cost engineering practice is an efficient method of reducing bank erosion. Livestock crossings are part of a system promoting rotational grazing. Credit: Don Poggensee.		Because much of the cost of a cow is the feed and labor needed to maintain her, fewer but higher yielding cows mean lower priced milk. Dairy herd improvement ultimately benefits consumers. Photo by Keith Weller. Credit: USDA ARS News.
	How Much Can Heroin Cost You? : Heroin Screws You Up. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		A preventable disease - river blindness - cost this man his sight. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P.A. Pittet..
	Taxpayer watching armament cost and waste grow. Credit: Library of Congress.		Aladdin and the wonderful lamp. The genii: What are my lord's commands? Aladdin: Reduce the cost of living!. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Blaise Pascal	Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Demosthenes	I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
Jean De La BruyFre	The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?
Jefferson	How much have cost us the evils that never happened!
Josh Billings	Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne	Those things that are dearest to us have cost us the most.
St. Ignatius Loyola	Teach us to give and not count the cost.
Thomas Fuller	Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
Thomas Jefferson	How much pain worries have cost us that have never happened?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	The short of the case in conquest is this: the conqueror, if he have a just cause, has a despotical right over the persons of all, that actually aided, and concurred in the war against him, and a right to make up his damage and cost out of their labour and estates, so he injure not the right of any other. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	But the price of a commodity, and therefore also of labour, is equal to its cost of production. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The cost of construction shall be borne by the Czecho-Slovak State. (reference)
John F. Kennedy	1961	But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course--both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish	Douglas Adams	The Census report, like most such surveys, had cost an awful lot of money and didn't tell anybody anything they didn't already know - except that every single person in the Galaxy had 2.4 legs and owned a hyena
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	When their houses are in ruins they rebuild them without cost.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The gossip of his fellowstudents which strove to render the flat life of the college significant at any cost loved to think of him as a young fenian
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Since I am crept in favour with myself, I will maintain it with some little cost.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	And four pears peeled and cut in half, cooked and canned, still cost fifteen cents
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	In this exercise I once met an accident which had like to have cost me my life
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	And for the studious, lamplight, stationery, and access to a few books, rank next to necessaries, and can all be obtained at a trifling cost.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Ask about the cost of sperm banking. (references)
		Cost is not only considered in dollars. (references)
		In 1997, diabetes cost the United States $98 billion. (references)
Business		One important issue is the cost of labor. (references)
		This translates into a 25 percent cost reduction. (references)
		Cost of tuition, room and board are next in importance. (references)
Children	Belarus	Higher education also is available at no cost on a competitive basis. (references)
	Malaysia	A variety of programs provide low cost health care for most children. (references)
	Netherlands	Vocational education is also free, except for the cost of books and materials. (references)
Civil Liberties	Senegal	A personal account with unlimited access time cost approximately $18 (10,000 CFA francs) per month. (references)
	Haiti	The written press is beyond the reach of many citizens, due to language differences, illiteracy, and cost. (references)
	Syria	Cellular telephone service was introduced early in 2000, although its prohibitive cost severely limits the number of subscribers. (references)
Economic History	Tanzania	Labor cost is comparatively inexpensive. (references)
	Lebanon	The work is estimated to cost $11.7 million. (references)
	Nicaragua	A disadvantage is the high cost of transportation. (references)
Human Rights	Morocco	Observers alleged that petty bribery remained a routine cost of court business. (references)
	Iraq	There were persistent reports that the families were made to pay for the cost of executions. (references)
	Ireland	For indigent defendants, the State assumes the cost of providing counsel under the criminal legal aid scheme. (references)
Minorities	Austria	He paid a fine to cover the cost of restoring the damage done to the graves. (references)
Political Economy	CHINA	China is gradually recognizing the economic cost of copyright infringement. (references)
	MOROCCO	A plethora of minor taxes can significantly raise the cost of certain imported goods. (references)
Trade	Korea	This may cost a bit more, but may be well worth it. (references)
	Israel	The VAT is levied on the CIF landed cost plus purchase tax. (references)
	Russia	A customs processing fee of 0.15 percent of the cost is also levied. (references)
Travel	Guinea	Low cost items will be more successful. (references)
	Nicaragua	Approximate cost per minute is 26 U.S. cents. (references)
	Laos	VISAS ON ARRIVAL COST US $30 AND ARE VALID FOR 15 DAYS. (references)
Women	Kuwait	The Minister estimated the total cost of gender segregation at approximately $1.8 billion. (references)
	Afghanistan	Some women could not afford the cost of a burqa, and thus had to remain at home or risk beatings if they left their houses uncovered. (references)
	Peru	Although official figures for the number of arrests and convictions in abuse cases are unavailable, NGO sources contend that the majority of reported cases do not result in formal charges due to fear of retaliation from the accused spouse, or because of the cost involved in pursuing a complaint. (references)
Worker Rights	Israel and the occupied territories	The minimum wage is calculated periodically and adjusted for cost of living increases. (references)
	Suriname	Including a cost of living allowance, the lowest wage for civil servants is about $100 (Sf244,000) per month. (references)
	Bahamas	In view of the high cost of living, this wage alone does not provide more than a subsistence living for a worker and family. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	I want a pneumatic tube in my house with a scanner that will read my mind, select my food and then shotgun a pre-chewed burger and fries bolus directly into my a-hole while a computer simultaneously deducts the cost from my ATM.
Jeanne Shaheen	Well, I disagree with your numbers. I think there are ways to do a prescription drug benefit through Medicare that are not going to cost that amount. And again, I think the way we begin this discussion is by lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
Phyllis Diller	Oh, please. Shaggy thing. I've seen Halloween outfits that cost more. So they wanted to do it again, and I said let me set up one. So I was nude on a bear rug like babies.
Rush Limbaugh	Yet aaaall of a sudden, they care about the cost of the war to protect us from an enemy who's declared it their duty to get nukes and use them against us.
Russell Crowe	The thing is you're just going to get yourself into a lot of trouble. You know, eventually it will cost you more money.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	As yet little addition of cost has even been experienced upon the articles burdened with heavier duties by the last tariff.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	Not only those who are now making their tax returns, but those who meet the enhanced cost of existence in their monthly bills, know by hard experience what this great burden is and what it does.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	There is a belief abroad that by invoking technicalities, subterfuge, and delay, the ends of justice may be thwarted by those who can pay the cost.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Organized and juvenile crimes cost the taxpayers millions of dollars each year, making it essential that we have improved enforcement and new legislative safeguards.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	To hold down the cost of living, we must hold down the cost of government.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Continued increases in the cost of fuel are expected to make transit a growing part of the nation's transportation system.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	A decade of rampant inflation drained its reserves as we tried to protect beneficiaries from the spiraling cost of living.
George Bush	1989-1993	Any cost in lives is beyond our power to measure.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Tell it to the small businesses burdened by the skyrocketing cost of insurance.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	This nation fights reluctantly, because we know the cost, and we dread the days of mourning that always come.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Cost" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 74.01% of the time. "Cost" is used about 18,598 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	74.01%	13,765	662
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	13.46%	2,503	3,617
Lexical Verb (base form)	8.31%	1,546	5,297
Lexical Verb (past participle)	3.8%	706	9,481
Lexical Verb (past tense)	0.4%	74	38,813
Noun (proper)	0.02%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	18,598	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "cost" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Cost	Last name	1,000	16,215
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
USA	Cost Plus Incorporated
	(more examples...)

1. Cost, TX
Zip Code(s): 78614
Country: USA

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Expressions: Cost

Expressions using "cost": accounting cost ♦ acquisition cost ♦ allocation of cost ♦ alternative cost ♦ alternative justifiable cost method ♦ at any cost ♦ at cost price ♦ at great cost ♦ at the cost of ♦ at the prime cost ♦ at your cost ♦ average cost ♦ avoided cost ♦ bear the cost ♦ below cost ♦ borrowing cost ♦ budgeted cost ♦ building cost index ♦ calculate the cost ♦ capital cost ♦ carrying cost ♦ comparative cost ♦ constructive Cost Model ♦ cost accountant ♦ cost accounting ♦ cost allocation ♦ cost analysis ♦ cost and freight ♦ cost basis ♦ cost benefit analysis ♦ cost calculation ♦ cost categories ♦ cost center ♦ cost centre ♦ cost committee ♦ cost components ♦ cost control ♦ cost cutting ♦ cost dear ♦ cost Driver Attribute ♦ cost effectiveness ♦ cost escalation ♦ cost formula ♦ Cost free ♦ cost identification analysis ♦ cost increase ♦ cost indexes ♦ cost insurance and freight ♦ cost insurance freight ♦ cost insurance freight and commission ♦ cost ledger ♦ cost much ♦ cost of acquisition ♦ cost of capital ♦ cost of carry ♦ Cost of Illness ♦ cost of living ♦ cost of living adjustment ♦ cost of living allowance ♦ cost of living bonus ♦ cost of living index ♦ cost of maintenance ♦ cost of production ♦ cost of repairs ♦ cost of transportation ♦ cost out ♦ cost overrun ♦ cost plus ♦ cost price ♦ Cost Savings ♦ Cost Sharing ♦ cost sheet ♦ cost smth. ♦ cost structure ♦ cost the earth ♦ cost trender ♦ cost volume profit analysis ♦ cost what it may ♦ cost what it may! ♦ Costs and Cost Analysis ♦ depreciated reproduction cost ♦ design cost engineer ♦ differential cost ♦ direct cost ♦ direct medical cost ♦ distribution cost ♦ dollar cost averaging ♦ estimated cost ♦ estimated prime cost ♦ excess cost ♦ farming cost ♦ find to one's cost ♦ first cost ♦ fixed cost ♦ flat cost ♦ Free cost ♦ free of cost ♦ generalized cost ♦ handling cost ♦ heavy cost ♦ high cost. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "cost": cost-a, cost-accounting, cost-a-lot, cost-base, cost-based, cost-behaviour, cost-beneficial, cost-benefit, cost-benefit analysis, cost-benefit-calculating, cost-benefits, cost-book, cost-caps, Cost-center, cost-centers, cost-centre, cost-centred, cost-centres, cost-competitive, cost-competitiveness, cost-conscious, cost-consciousness, cost-containing, cost-containment, cost-control, cost-controlling, cost-covering, cost-curbing, cost-cut, cost-cuting, cost-cutter, cost-cutters, cost-cutting, cost-cutting measures, cost-depreciated, cost-differentiation, cost-driven, cost-driver, cost-drivers, cost-effective, cost-effectively, cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency, cost-efficient, cost-escalation, cost-focus, cost-free, cost-impractical, cost-improvement, cost-income, cost-increasing, cost-ineffective, cost-inflation, cost-inflationary, cost-influencing, cost-in-use, cost-justification, cost-justified, cost-justify, cost-justifying, cost-leadership, cost-minimisation, cost-minimization, cost-minimizing, cost-neutral, cost-obsessed, cost-of-capital, cost-of-carry, cost-of-funds, cost-of-living, cost-of-living allowance, cost-of-living benefit, cost-of-living index, cost-of-living-adjustment, cost-of-ownership, cost-optimised, cost-optimises, cost-oriented, cost-per-case, cost-per-copy, cost-performance, cost-per-inhabitant, cost-per-megabyte, cost-per-mile, cost-per-response, cost-plus, cost-plus contract, cost-price, cost-pull inflation, cost-push, cost-push inflation, cost-quality, cost-ranking, cost-rational, cost-recovery, cost-reducing, cost-reduction, cost-reductions, cost-saving, cost-savings, cost-schedule, cost-shared, Cost-sharing, cost-system, cost-to-income, cost-trimming, cost-uneffective, cost-utility, cost-wise.
	Ending with "cost": benefit-cost, current-cost, equipment-cost, full-cost, historic-cost, lower-cost, lowest-cost, no-cost, on-cost, response-cost, time-cost.
	Containing "cost": implicit-cost elements.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cost

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cost of living	2,752	low cost airline	178
cost of living calculator	1,208	viagra cost	174
cost plus	1,023	home building cost	158
cost of living comparison	985	shipping cost	156
low cost web hosting	760	no cost refinance	153
cost of living index	719	no closing cost refinance	151
cost plus world market	686	wedding cost	147
closing cost	618	plastic surgery cost	143
cost	539	building cost	141
construction cost	450	cost breast implant	140
cost accounting	410	mortgage closing cost	139
low cost health insurance	384	cost of college	128
cost of liposuction	293	opportunity cost	126
cost cutter	254	viagra low cost	122
low cost airfare	246	compare cost living	120
low cost	246	cost of living adjustment	119
abortion cost	239	cost of living increase	118
low cost life insurance	190	replacement window cost	117
cost of health care	183	atlanta closing cost georgia in loan no	117
low cost auto insurance	181	cost it security	116
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cost

Language		Translations for "cost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		kos (food, nourishment). (various references)

Albanian		vlerësoj (appraise, appreciate, assess, balance, calculate, esteem, estimate, evaluate, judge, measure, prise, prize, put, rate, value, weigh), pagesë (carfare, charge, compensation, consideration, fare, fee, honorarium, pay, payment, quittance, remuneration, salary, wage), llogaris koston, kushton, kushtoj (consecrate, dedicate, devote, inscribe, pay), kosto (damage, denomination, first cost), kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, crave, cry for, demand, dig, dig for, exact, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), çmim (charge, damage, estimate, figure, honor, honour, kudos, premium, price, prise, prize, prize money, purchase, rate, recompense, reward, value). (various references)

Arabic		‏كلفة, ‏كلف (freckle, set back), ‏نفقة (aliment, expenditure, expense, outlay, pension), ‏قدر (afford, amount, appraise, appreciate, assess, assume, be able to, be capable of, believe, can, consider, count, deal, degree, esteem, estimate, evaluate, guess, lot, magnitude, manage to, measure, number, predestination, predestine, predetermine, presume, prize, proportion, quantity, rate, size, suppose, think, treasure, value, volume), ‏ثمن (charge, damage, eighth, esteem, estimate, price, revalue, value). (various references)

Basque		kostatu (cost to). (various references)

Bulgarian		струвам (be, set back, stand in), стойност (appraisement, damage, denomination, feck, price, rate, value, worth), разход (drain, expenditure, expense, outgo), цена (charge, market, price, rate, terms, value, worth). (various references)

Catalan		val (costs), despeses (charge, expense). (various references)

Chinese		花費 (expense), 費用 (expenditure, expense), 费用 (costs, Expense, expenses), 價款 , 代價 (price). (various references)

Croatian		stoji. (various references)

Czech		cena (award, charge, costs, figure, merit, premium, price, prize, purse, quotation, rate, tariff, valuation, value, worth, worthiness), stát (be, be up, country, polity, stagnate, stand, state), náklady (costs, expenditure). (various references)

Danish		koste. (various references)

Dutch		kosten (charge, expense). (various references)

Esperanto		kosto. (various references)

Faeroese		kosta. (various references)

Farsi		هزینه (Charge, Disbursement, Expenditure, Expense, Outgo, Outlay, Tab), قیمت داشتن , خرج (Disburse, Disbursement, Expenditure, Expense, Input, Outlay), ارزش داشتن , ارزش (Avail, Price, Valence, Value), بها (Price, Valuation, Value, Worth). (various references)

Finnish		maksaa (costs, pay, to pay). (various references)

French		coût (costs), coûter. (various references)

French Canadian		coûte (costs). (various references)

Frisian		kostje. (various references)

Galician		costa. (various references)

German		kosten (charge, charges, costs, expenditure, expense, expenses, fees, outlay, sample, savor, savour, set back, take, taste, to cost, to cost (cost), preis (award, charge, fare, fee, figure, praise, premium, price,

Cost

Definition: Cost

Cost

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Cost

Specialty Definition: Cost

Accounting and Opportunity costs

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cost

COST

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Synonyms: Cost

Synonyms within Context: Cost

Caution

Cheapness

Dearness

Disappointment

Economy

Evil

Expenditure

Inexpedience

Price

Resolution

Value

Crosswords: Cost

Modern Usage: Cost

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Cost

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Cost

Illustrations:Cost

Computer Images:Cost

Photo Album: Cost

Digital Photo Gallery: Cost

Familiar Quotations: Cost

Blaise Pascal

Demosthenes

Jean De La BruyFre

Jefferson

Josh Billings

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

St. Ignatius Loyola

Thomas Fuller

Thomas Jefferson

Historic Usage: Cost

John Locke

Communist Manifesto

Treaty of Versailles

John F. Kennedy

Use in Literature: Cost

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Cost

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Illustrations:
Cost

Computer Images:
Cost