cost

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English cost, from Old English cost (“option, choice, possibility, manner, way, condition”), from Old Norse kostr (“choice, opportunity, chance, condition, state, quality”), from Proto-Germanic *kustiz, *kustuz (“choice, trial”), from Proto-Indo-European *geus- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German dialectal Kust (“taste, flavour”), Dutch kust (“choice, choosing”), North Frisian kest (“choice, estimation, virtue”), Old English cyst (“free-will, choice, election, the best of anything, the choicest, picked host, moral excellence, virtue, goodness, generosity, munificence”). Related to choose.

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cost (plural costs)

  1. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
    at all costs (= "by all means")
  2. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
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From Middle English cost, coust, from costen (“to cost”), see below.

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  1. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
    The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
    We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankrupcy.
    The average cost of a new house is twice as much as t was 20 years ago.
  2. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
    There were many costs to the development project, the least of all was the financial aspect.
    If you train all the time, there will be a few costs such as a lack of free time.
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amount of money, time, etc.
negative consequence or loss
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[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin constare (“stand together, stand at, cost”), from com- + stare (“stand”).

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cost (third-person singular simple present costs, present participle costing, simple past and past participle cost or costed) See Usage notes.

  1. To incur a charge, a price.
    This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
    It will cost you a lot of money to take a round-the-world trip.
    Entry to the museums used to be free, but now it costs 5 pounds.
  2. To cause something to be lost.
    Trying to rescue the man from the frozen lake cost me my health.
  3. To calculate or estimate a value.
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The past tense and past participle is cost in the sense of "this computer cost me £600", but costed in the sense of "the project was costed at $1 million."

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to incur a charge, a price

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cost m. (oblique plural costs, nominative singular costs, nominative plural cost)

  1. cost; financial outlay

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cost m. (plural costos)

  1. cost

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cost m. (genitive cost, plural costyn)

  1. charge (monetary)

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *kust-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”), Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”) (German kosten), Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kustus, “test”), Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”), Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”), ċēosan (“to choose”). More at choose.

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cost m.

  1. option, choice; possibility
  2. condition, manner, way
    þæs costes þe (on the condition that)

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cost

  1. chosen, choice
  2. tried, proven; excellent

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cost m. and f. (plural costau) 

  1. cost
  2. expense
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