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CIFE

CIFE is the initialism of Central Institute of Fisheries Education.

CIFE is the initialism of cost.

Meaning of cost

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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Questions about CIFE

What is CIFE the initialism of?
CIFE is the initialism of Central Institute of Fisheries Education.

Words near CIFE in the dictionary

  1. Cieszynski
  2. CIF
  3. cifal
  4. cifals
  5. CIFC
  6. CIFE
  7. Cifelli
  8. Cifellis
  9. CIFF
  10. CIFI
  11. CIFIs

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