cost

/kɔst/ v [T] (past tense and past participle cost) (PAY MONEY)

Definition

› to need you to pay a particular amount of money in order for you to buy or do something: The trip will cost (you) $1000. It costs a lot to buy a house these days.

(Definition of cost v (PAY MONEY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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cost (someone) an arm and a leg idiom
cost n MONEY
cost n SOMETHING GIVEN OR LOST
cost of living n
cost v GIVE OR LOSE SOMETHING
cost v PAY MONEY
cost-effective adj
costar n
costly adj MAKING YOU GIVE OR LOSE SOMETHING
costly adj MAKING YOU SPEND MONEY
costume jewelry n

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cost n MONEY
cost n SOMETHING GIVEN OR LOST
cost v GIVE OR LOSE SOMETHING
cost-effective adj
cost of living n
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