an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something:we are able to cover the cost of the eventhealth-care costs [mass noun]:the tunnel has been built at no cost to the state
the effort, loss, or sacrifice necessary to achieve or obtain something:the government succeeded in diverting resources away from consumption at considerable cost to its political popularity
(costs (or North American also court costs)) legal expenses, especially those allowed in favour of the winning party or against the losing party in a suit:costs may be awarded to a successful private prosecutor out of central funds
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1(of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done:each issue of the magazine costs £1 [with two objects]:the journey will cost her £25
cause the loss or unpleasant consequence of: [with two objects]:driving at more than double the speed limit cost the woman her driving licence
informal be expensive for (someone):if you want to own an island, it’ll cost you
2 (past and past participle costed) estimate the price of:it is their job to plan and cost a media schedule for the campaign
at all costs (or at any cost)
regardless of the price to be paid or the effort needed:he was anxious to avoid war at all costs
involve someone in a serious loss or a heavy penalty:they were really bad mistakes on my part and they cost us dear
to someone's cost
with loss or disadvantage to someone:without programmes to play on it, the cleverest machine is useless—as some hardware manufacturers already know to their cost
