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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Maladdress :: Maladdress (n.) Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one..
Sterling :: Sterling (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used..
Margin :: Margin (n.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
Triplicostate :: Triplicostate (a.) Three-ribbed.
Estimate :: Estimate (v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land..
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
Greet :: Greet (v. t.) To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token..
Felony :: Felony (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
Maudeline :: Maudeline (n.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow..
Itemize :: Itemize (v. t.) To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad..
Three-piled :: Three-piled (a.) Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
Pachak :: Pachak (n.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients..
Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..
Costliness :: Costliness (n.) The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.
Costiferous :: Costiferous (a.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebrae..
Precious :: Precious (a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone..
Cost :: Cost (v. t.) Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.
Dear :: Dear (superl.) Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
Speak :: Speak (v. t.) To address; to accost; to speak to.
Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..
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