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cost

[kawst, kost] / kɔst, kɒst /
NOUN
expense; price paid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amount charge damage expenditure figure outlay payment price price tag rate tariff value worth
STRONG
bite disbursement dues nick nut score tab ticket toll
WEAK
arm and a leg bad news bottom dollar bottom line top dollar
Antonyms
WEAK
repayment retribution
NOUN
penalty, sacrifice
Synonyms
STRONGEST
damage expense loss
STRONG
deprivation detriment forfeit forfeiture harm hurt injury suffering
Antonyms
STRONG
advantage aid assistance benefit blessing gain good health help
WEAK
repayment retribution
VERB
command a price of
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bring in come to require sell for take yield
STRONG
nick rap
WEAK
amount to be asked be demanded be given be marked at be needed be paid be priced at be received be valued at be worth mount up move back sell at set back to the tune of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disallow lose refuse reject
VERB
harm; exact a penalty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expect hurt lose require
STRONG
infuriate necessitate obligate
WEAK
do disservice to

Example Sentences

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Wells Fargo recently downgraded the companies’ shares, partly because of their exposure to the rising cost of plastic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The compensation college athletes can receive happens on top of a five-year scholarship that covers the full cost of attendance for some athletes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The answer to that would be a resounding yes, but would it remain so if the cost of silverware was relegation from the top flight?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Russians and Iranians also had several financial disputes over the cost, estimated at over one billion dollars.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

“The past is over. A sunk cost, if you will. All the pains and losses, the mistakes and misdeeds—none of these can be undone.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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