cost

/kɔst/ v [T] (past tense and past participle cost) (GIVE OR LOSE SOMETHING)

Definition

› to be forced to give or lose something in order to obtain something: If you give him a chance to hit the ball, it could cost you the ballgame.

(Definition of cost v (GIVE OR LOSE SOMETHING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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