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cost1

UK: /kɒst/ US: /kɑːst/

Translation

n [c, u]
coste
precio
to buy something at cost
comprar algo a precio de coste
at all costs
como sea
a cualquier precio
cost of living
cantidad de dinero que una persona necesita para vivir
to one's cost UK
por experiencia propia
I know it to my cost
Lo sé por experiencia propia
to cut costs
recortar gastos
Véase tb: costs; to bear the {cost/responsibility}; to count the cost (of sth)
(Definition of cost n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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