cost
verb/kɒst/
/kɔːst/
In sense 4 costed /ˈkɒstɪd/
/ˈkɔːstɪd/
is used for the past tense and past participle.Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they cost | /kɒst/ /kɔːst/ |
| he / she / it costs | /kɒsts/ /kɔːsts/ |
| past simple cost | /kɒst/ /kɔːst/ |
| past participle cost | /kɒst/ /kɔːst/ |
| -ing form costing | /ˈkɒstɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːstɪŋ/ |
- if something costs a particular amount of money, you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it
- cost something How much did it cost?
- I didn't get it because it cost too much.
- Tickets cost ten dollars each.
- Calls to the helpline cost 45p per minute.
- Don't use too much of it—it cost a lot of money.
- All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive).
- Good food need not cost a fortune (= cost a lot of money).
- cost somebody something The meal cost us about £40.
- This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year.
- cost something to do something The hospital will cost an estimated £2 billion to build.
- It costs a fortune to fly first class.
- to cause the loss of something
- cost somebody something That one mistake almost cost him his life.
- The allegations cost me my job.
- A late penalty cost United the game (= meant that they did not win the game).
- Such behaviour could cost you your place in the team.
- cost something The closure of the factory is likely to cost 1 000 jobs.
- The war has cost the lives of countless civilians.
- cost somebody something to involve you in making an effort or doing something unpleasant
- The accident cost me a visit to the doctor.
- Financial worries cost her many sleepless nights.
- She would never know how much it cost him to tell her.
- to estimate how much money will be needed for something or the price that should be charged for something
- cost something The project needs to be costed in detail.
- fully costed proposals
- cost something at something Their accountants have costed the project at $8.1 million.
- cost something out Have you costed out these proposals yet?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- properly
- at
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French coust (noun), couster (verb), based on Latin constare ‘stand firm, stand at a price’.
Idioms
See cost in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cost in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishcost/pay an arm and a leg
- (informal) to cost/pay a lot of money
cost somebody dear
- to cost somebody a lot of money
- The campaign for the presidency has cost her dear.
- to make somebody suffer a lot
- That one mistake has cost him dear over the years.
it will cost you
- (informal) used to say that something will be expensive
- There is a deluxe model available, but it'll cost you.
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