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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Costume :: Costume (n.) A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes..
Pavan :: Pavan (n.) A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.
Tout-ensemble :: Tout-ensemble (n.) All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts..
Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib of an animal or a human being.
Costiferous :: Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae..
Custrel :: Custrel (n.) See Costrel.
Accoast :: Accoast (v. t. & i.) To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.
Costellate :: Costellate (a.) Finely ribbed or costated.
Costal-nerved :: Costal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Buy :: Buy (v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain..
Sun :: Sumptuous (a.) Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel..
Chargeful :: Chargeful (a.) Costly; expensive.
Expense :: Expense (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time..
Garb :: Garb (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century..
Costly :: Costly (a.) Of great cost; expensive; dear.
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..
Vertebro- :: Vertebro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebrae, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal..
Twelvepenny :: Twelvepenny (a.) Sold for a shilling; worth or costing a shilling.
Luxury :: Luxury (n.) A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes..
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