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Shopping	The largest selection of COST products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France.
TV Shop	As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products.

cost > 5 senses
NOUN	1	cost	The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
	2	cost, monetary value, price	The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
	3	cost, price, toll	Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
VERB	1	cost, be	Be priced at
VERB	2	cost	Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

cost > pronunciation
Sounds	kaa'st; kao'st
Rhymes	glasnost
Rhymes	accost, crisscrossed, crossed, and 9 more rhymes in aost...

cost > noun 1, possession
Meaning	The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.
Broader	outgo, expenditure, outlay
Narrower	expense, disbursal, disbursement; capital expenditure; payment; ransom, ransom money; cost overrun; cost of living; borrowing cost; distribution cost; handling cost, handling charge; marketing cost; production cost; replacement cost; reproduction cost, physical value; unit cost; price, terms, damage; price; opportunity cost; portage; charge
Verbs	cost

cost > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold).
Examples	"he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
Synonyms	monetary value, price
Broader	value
Narrower	average cost; marginal cost, incremental cost, differential cost; expensiveness; assessment; inexpensiveness
Adjectives	costly; costly
Verbs	cost

cost > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something.
Examples	"the cost in human life was enormous"
Synonyms	price, toll
Broader	value
Narrower	death toll
Adjectives	costly; costly
Verbs	cost

cost > verb 1, stative
Meaning	Be priced at.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody something; Something ----s something
Examples	"These shoes cost $100"
Synonyms	be
Broader	be
Narrower	set back, knock back, put back
Nouns	cost; cost

cost > verb 2, stative
Meaning	Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody something
Examples	"This mistake cost him his job"
Broader	necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Nouns	cost

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