costware
costware noun: commercial software.
Noun
costware (uncountable)
- Commercial software.
- There are two paths to travel in Eudora-land. The 1.* versions are freeware, the 2.* versions are costware. The big difference between the two is filtering, a darn useful feature. 2.1 is the latest and greatest costware version.1994 September 27, Michael Sattler, San Francisco, “Why All The Different Eudora Versions?”, in comp.sys.mac.comm (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022
- Anybody know of any shareware (or costware) that will create 3D fonts for Autocad?????1997 February 10, Vinal Applebee, “3D Fonts”, in comp.cad.autocad (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022
- Antonyms:
- free software, freeware
Examples of costware in a sentence
- The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commercial use.1997 July 6, Chris Cox, “plugin is costware now?”, in comp.lang.tcl (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022:
- I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without trying it out.2000 May 2, pegleg, “CompuPic Pro vs ThumbsPlus”, in rec.photo.digital (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022:
Synonyms of costware
Antonyms
Origin of costware
From cost + -ware.
Questions about costware
- What does costware mean?
- Costware means commercial software.
- How do you use costware in a sentence?
- The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commercial use.
- What part of speech is costware?
- Costware is a noun.
Words near costware in the dictionary
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