Definition of cost

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Cost (v. t.) The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit..

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Whitsuntide :: Whitsuntide (n.) The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost..
Meterage :: Meterage (n.) The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring..
Malacostracous :: Malacostracous (a.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.
Rich :: Rich (superl.) Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents..
Defrayal :: Defrayal (n.) The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs..
Carcinology :: Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology..
Costly :: Costly (a.) Of great cost; expensive; dear.
Opera :: Opera (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama..
Costive :: Costive (a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
Bellybound :: Bellybound (a.) Costive; constipated.
Crustaceology :: Crustaceology (n.) That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.
Costiferous :: Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae..
Redraft :: Redraft (n.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges..
Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib of an animal or a human being.
Costrel :: Costrel (n.) A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side..
Three-pile :: Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile..
Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
Tax :: Tax (n.) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court..
Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost..
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