1. cost

noun. ['ˈkɑːst, ˈkɔst'] the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.

Rhymes with Cost

• criss-crossed
• defrost
• exhaust
• embossed
• glossed
• frost
• crossed
• yoest
• tossed
• maust
• lost
• last
• aust

How do you pronounce cost?

Pronounce cost as kɔst.

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Sentences with cost

1. Noun, singular or mass
The cost of color ink is also significantly higher than black ink or toner.

2. Verb, past participle
Whiteboards are cost effective, inexpensive and have low running costs.

3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Erasers cost between $3 and $8 and dry-erase markers cost between $2 and $10 each.

4. Verb, base form
A repair service will cost as much or more to fix the problem as purchasing a new laptop.

5. Verb, past tense
In 2010, lift tickets cost $62 Canadian.

Quotes about cost

1. Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
- John Adams

2. Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
- James Thurber

3. Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
- Walter Cronkite

2. cost-plus_contract

noun. a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit.

3. cost-effective

adjective. productive relative to the cost.

4. cost-plus

adjective. determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit.

5. low-cost

adjective. ['ˌloʊˈkɔst'] that you have the financial means for.

6. cost-benefit_analysis

noun. an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs.

7. cost

verb. ['ˈkɑːst, ˈkɔst'] be priced at.

8. cost

verb. ['ˈkɑːst, ˈkɔst'] require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.

9. cost

noun. ['ˈkɑːst, ˈkɔst'] the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold).

10. cost

noun. ['ˈkɑːst, ˈkɔst'] value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something.