CIF

Noun (1)

cost (countable and uncountable, plural costs)

1. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
   • The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
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.

Noun (2)

cost (plural costs)

1. (obsolete) Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
2. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

Noun (3)

cost (plural costs)

1. (obsolete) A rib; a side.
   • betwixt the costs of a ship1625 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Staple of Newes. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene...
2. A cottise.

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