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overcost

overcost noun: excessive cost.

Noun

overcost (countable and uncountable, plural overcosts)

  1. Excessive cost.

Forms of overcost

pluralovercosts

Origin of overcost

From over- + cost.

Questions about overcost

What does overcost mean?
Overcost means excessive cost.
What part of speech is overcost?
Overcost is a noun.
What is the plural of overcost?
The plural of overcost is overcosts.

Words near overcost in the dictionary

  1. overcorrections
  2. overcorrector
  3. overcorrectors
  4. overcorrects
  5. overcosseted
  6. overcost
  7. overcostly
  8. overcosts
  9. overcount
  10. overcounted
  11. overcounting

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