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cost

 
/kɒst/ verb (past tense and past participle cost)

Translation

MONEY [T] If something costs a particular amount of money, you have to pay that in order to buy or do it.
malolmak, tutmak, para etmek
How much do these shoes cost? [+ to do sth] It costs $5 to send the package by airmail. [+ two objects] It's going to cost me a lot of money to buy a new car.1420
LOSE [+ two objects] to make someone lose something
(birine) masraf açmak,birinin kaybetmesine yol açmak
His lazy attitude cost him his job.787
(Definition of cost verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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