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cost

Definition for cost

noun as in expense; price paid

noun as in penalty, sacrifice

verb as in command a price of

verb as in harm; exact a penalty

Strongest matches

expect, hurt, lose, require

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Example Sentences

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.

“The sensation these objects presented receded as their cost increased,” notes Rabinowitz.

Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.

Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.

But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.

Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

They feel that the system has few advantages to offer in return for the cost it entails upon them.

He became a doctor in two hours, and it only cost him twenty dollars to complete his education.

The estimated cost of the alterations is put at £16,000 including fittings.

A clock was put above the spot where the fountain stood, in April, 1852, which cost £60.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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