Costname

• 1

  A surname.

costverb詞源 1/kɒst/

• 1

  To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

  • This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
  • It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.
• 2

  To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.

  • Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
  • the packaging of home-delivered products now accounts for 30% of the solid rubbish the US generates annually, and the cardboard alone costs 1bn trees.
• 3

  To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

  • to do him wanton rites, which cost them woe
  • LUKE: "That little droid is going to cost me a lot of trouble."
• 4

  To calculate or estimate a price.

  • I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.
• 5

  To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.

  • I can give you the names, but it'll cost you.
  • That's going to cost you!

costnoun詞源 2/kɒst/

• 1

  Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

  • The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
  • We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankruptcy.
• 2

  A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

  • Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.
  • The army won the battle decisively, but at a cost of many lives.

costnoun詞源 3/kɒst/

• 1

  obsoleteManner; way; means; available course; contrivance.

• 2

  Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

costnoun詞源 4/kɒst/

• 1

  obsoleteA rib; a side.

  • betwixt the costs of a ship
• 2

  governmentheraldryhobbiesA cottise.