costs
UK/ˈkɒsts//ˈkɔsts/
costs is the plural of cost.
costs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cost.
Meaning of cost
Noun (1)
cost (countable and uncountable, plural costs)
- Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million.
- 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)
Noun (3)
cost (plural costs)
Proper noun capitalized: Costs
Costs
- plural of Cost
Phrases with costs
- costs up
- costs dear
- menu costs
- suit costs
- sunk costs
- unit costs
- court costs
- fixed costs
- actual costs
- at all costs
- carbon costs
- direct costs
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- landed costs
- bill of costs
- closing costs
- flyaway costs
- private costs
- bills of costs
- costs of money
- indirect costs
- marginal costs
- negative costs
- variable costs
- wellhead costs
- appraisal costs
- costs of living
- costs the earth
- flotation costs
- indemnity costs
- operating costs
- unexpired costs
- accounting costs
- historical costs
- contingency costs
- opportunity costs
- sunk costs fallacy
- costs of goods sold
- sunk costs fallacies
- party and party costs
- weighted-average costs of capital
Questions about costs
- What is costs the plural of?
- Costs is the plural of cost.
- What part of speech is costs?
- Costs is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce costs?
- Costs is pronounced /ˈkɔsts/ (US).
Words near costs in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: costs (page history and authors); Costs (page history and authors); cost (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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