Definition of cost

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Cost (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life..

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Twelvepenny :: Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
Unicostate :: Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Ciclatoun :: Ciclatoun (n.) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages..
Overcostly :: Overcostly (a.) Too costly.
Estimate :: Estimate (v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land..
Accosting :: Accosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accos.
Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..
Whitsuntide :: Whitsuntide (n.) The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost..
Expenseless :: Expenseless (a.) Without cost or expense.
Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Abord :: Abord (n.) Manner of approaching or accosting; address.
Costumer :: Costumer (n.) One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc..
Placodermi :: Placodermi (n. pl.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus..
Maladdress :: Maladdress (n.) Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one..
Needscost :: Needscost (adv.) Of necessity.
Coccosteus :: Coccosteus (n.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles..
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime..
Cost :: Cost (v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation.
Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it..
Coster :: Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc..
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