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Noun cost has 3 senses
- cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
--1 is a kind of outgo, expenditure, outlay
--1 has particulars:
- monetary value, price, cost - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"
--2 is a kind of value
--2 has particulars:
- price, cost, toll - value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
--3 is a kind of value
--3 has particulars: death toll
Verb cost has 2 senses
- cost, be - be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody something
- cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"
--2 is one way to necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
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