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Verb[edit]
costed
- simple past tense and past participle of cost
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We costed the project at $1,000,000. (simple past tense)
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We’ve costed the project at £1,000,000. (past participle)
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2022, “Love Sux”, performed by Avril Lavigne:
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Am I a regret yet? / I thought you were my best bet / Was it worth what it costed? / I am exhausted
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Usage notes[edit]
- The only non-proscribed use is in the sense of «to give a cost to». Where Standard English is expected, use cost instead for non-specialized past-tense and past-participle uses such as answering the question «How much did it cost?»
- Occasionally replaced with noun or verb forms of price, where commonly accepted, as in, «The event’s hosting was priced at $1,000,000.»
Adjective[edit]
costed (not comparable)
- Having a specified (type of) cost
- This was a badly costed project.
Further reading[edit]
- costed at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
- scoted
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Last Update: Jan 03, 2023
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Both cost and costed can be used; it depends on the sense in which you use them. if you use the verb cost as a linking verb to imply to have an amount of money as a price, then it doesn’t change in all the tense forms i.e. the present, past, past participle. For example, it costs/cost/has cost me five dollars.
Is costed wrong?
Costed Can Be Correct
That depends on what you’re trying to say. The word comes from a different definition of “cost” that, used as a verb, means to determine or estimate how much something is going to cost. … The expansion project has been fully costed and is awaiting approval.
Why is costed wrong?
«‘Costed’ is inflected for the dummy pronoun ‘it’ which is coreferential with the infinitive phrase ‘to get all of that text painted on. ‘ ‘To cost’ is a transitive verb where the agent is the thing being purchased, which is ‘it’. Have you only ever used ‘to cost’ as a where the thing being purchased is a patient?»
Is costed past tense?
If it’s being used as a verb, the past tense of «cost» is «costed».
Has costed in a sentence?
Costed sentence example
He will make costed proposals for two alternative arrangements. The prices quoted have been costed at an exchange rate of 1.45 Euros equals £ 1.00.
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Is costed right?
Both cost and costed can be used; it depends on the sense in which you use them. if you use the verb cost as a linking verb to imply to have an amount of money as a price, then it doesn’t change in all the tense forms i.e. the present, past, past participle. For example, it costs/cost/has cost me five dollars.
Is the word hurted?
(archaic or nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of hurt.
What is the past tense of cut?
The past tense of cut remains the same, cut. For example: Yesterday, I cut wood to build a fire.
What is the past tense of hurt?
Hurt is an irregular verb, which is why it remains the same in the present tense, past tense, and past participle. When used as a present participle, it becomes ‘hurting. Some more examples of irregular verbs are drink, swim, to be, and so on. Therefore the past tense “hurt” is Hurt.
Is cut or cutted?
The past tense of “Cut” is not “Cutted”. It is “cut”.
What is a better word for cut?
OTHER WORDS FOR cut
1 gash, slash, slit, lance. 2 cleave, sunder, bisect. 8 abbreviate, curtail.
Is aint a real word?
Ain’t is a perfectly valid word, but today, ain’t is considered nonstandard. At worst, it gets stigmatized for being “ignorant” or “low-class.” At best, it’s considered a no-no in formal writing. Ain’t wasn’t always so looked down upon, though.
Is herded a real word?
To gather and place into a group or mass: herded the children into the auditorium.
Is cutted a real word?
No, ‘cutted’ is not a word. The word ‘cut’ is a verb. ‘Cut’ is the basic form, or infinitive form, of the verb, the form you would use with the word…
Is swear a bad word?
A swear word is a word or phrase that’s generally considered blasphemous, obscene, vulgar, or otherwise offensive. These are also called bad words, obscenities, expletives, dirty words, profanities, and four-letter words. The act of using a swear word is known as swearing or cursing.
Is swore correct?
Swore is the past tense of swear.
Is Sweared correct?
(nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of swear.
What does getting costed mean?
The definition of costed is estimating the cost of something or pricing something out. When you get bids on a supply or service, this is an example of a time when you costed out the supply or service. verb. 3.
Is costed a Scrabble word?
Yes, costed is in the scrabble dictionary.
What is the past tense and past perfect tense of cut?
The past tense of cut is also cut. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut is cuts. The present participle of cut is cutting. The past participle of cut is cut.
What is V1 V2 V3 v4 v5 verb?
Answer: v1 is present ,v2 past ,v3 past participate ,v4 present participate, v5 simple present. Smenevacuundacy and 213 more users found this answer helpful. Thanks 135.
cost
(kôst)
n.
1. An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.
2. The expenditure of something, such as time or labor, necessary for the attainment of a goal: «Freedom to advocate unpopular causes does not require that such advocacy be without cost» (Milton Friedman).
3. costs Law Charges incurred in bringing litigation, including court fees and charges that may be payable by the losing party, but usually not including attorneys’ fees.
v. cost, cost·ing, costs
v.intr.
To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss: It costs more to live in the city.
v.tr.
1. To have as a price.
2. To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice: Participating in the strike cost me my job.
3. past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of: The accountants costed out our expenses.
Idiom:
at all costs
Regardless of the expense or effort involved; by any means.
[Middle English, from Old French, from coster, to cost, from Latin cōnstāre, to be fixed, cost; see constant.]
cost′less adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
cost
(kɒst)
n
1. the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay
2. suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty: count the cost to your health; I know to my cost.
3. (Economics)
a. the amount paid for a commodity by its seller: to sell at cost.
b. (as modifier): the cost price.
4. (Law) (plural) law the expenses of judicial proceedings
5. at any cost at all costs regardless of cost or sacrifice involved
6. at the cost of at the expense of losing
vb, costs, costing or cost
7. (tr) to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); be priced at: the ride cost one pound.
8. to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or sacrifice (of): the accident cost him dearly.
9. (Accounting & Book-keeping) to estimate the cost of (a product, process, etc) for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc
[C13: from Old French (n), from coster to cost, from Latin constāre to stand at, cost, from stāre to stand]
ˈcostless adj
ˈcostlessly adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cost
(kɔst, kɒst)
n., v. cost, for 11-13, cost•ed, cost•ing. n.
1. the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.
2. an outlay or expenditure of money, time, etc.
3. a sacrifice, loss, or penalty: to work at the cost of one’s health.
4. costs, money awarded to a successful litigant for legal expenses, charged against the unsuccessful litigant.
v.t.
5. to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange: That camera cost $200.
6. to entail the loss or injury of: Carelessness costs lives.
7. to entail (effort or inconvenience): Courtesy costs little.
8. to cause to pay or sacrifice: That request will cost us extra work.
9. to estimate or determine the cost of (manufactured articles, new processes, etc.).
v.i.
10. to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something.
Idioms:
at all costs, regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary.
[1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French co(u)ster < Latin constāre to stand together, be settled, cost]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
cost
— Something that costs a particular amount literally «stands at or with» that price, from Latin constare, «to be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost.»
See also related terms for stands.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cost
See Also: ADVANTAGEOUSNESS, THRIFT
- As cheap as pearls are costly —Robert Browning
- Charge like a brain surgeon —Saul Bellow
- Cheap as dirt —F. E. Smedley
- Cheap as excuses —Anon
- Cheap as lies —William Shakespeare
- Cheap as old clothes —Horace Walpole
- Cheap as old clothes used to be —Elyse Sommer
An update of Horace Walpole’s simile above, inspired by a change in both economic conditions and the upgraded status of old clothes.
- Expensive as building an atomic reactor —Robert Traver
- Expensive as Manhattan real estate —Anon
- Expensive as sin —Anon
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cost
(See also PAYMENT.)
an arm and a leg An exorbitant amount of money; a popular American hyperbole.
bleed See EXTORTION.
for a song Cheaply, inexpensively, at low cost, for little or nothing. A song meaning ‘a trifle or thing of no consequence’ may stem from the supposed retort of Baron Burleigh on being ordered by Elizabeth I to give Edmund Spenser an annuity of 100 pounds for having composed the Faerie Queene:
All this for a song?
In any event, a song as an insignificance dates from Elizabethan times, for Shakespeare uses it in this sense in All’s Well That Ends Well (1601).
for love or money At any price; by any means available. This phrase is most frequently used in the negative expression not for love or money to imply that someone or something is unobtainable at any price—either financial or emotional.
He let me … use … Anglo-Saxon texts not elsewhere to be had for love or money. (Francis March, A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language, 1870)
highway robbery Exorbitantly or outrageously high prices. The allusion is to highwaymen, the holdup men of yesteryear who roamed the public roads robbing travelers. This expression is often used to express indignation at ridiculously high prices which one is nevertheless forced to pay for lack of an alternative, just as the victims of highwaymen had no choice but to surrender their money and goods at the risk of their lives. The expression has been in figurative use since at least 1920.
Nothing on the wine list … under two-pound-ten. Highway robbery by candlelight. (J. B. Priestley, It’s Old Country, 1967)
pay through the nose To pay an exorbitant price, financially or otherwise, unwittingly or through coercion. Many variations on one story line are cited as sources for this expression. The most popular is that the Danes in the 9th century imposed a “nose tax” on the Irish. Those who neglected to pay were punished by having their noses slit. Some say the Swedes or Norwegians were the oppressors. Others say the Jews rather than the Irish were the oppressed. However, pay through the nose derives from the punishment, irrespective of who inflicted the punishment on whom. The phrase was used as early as 1672 and is commonly heard today, often implying an unawareness or naiveté on the part of the person “paying through the nose.”
pay too dearly for one’s whistle To pay more for some desired object than it is worth; to expend a great deal of time, effort, or money for something which does not come up to one’s expectations; to indulge a whim. This expression is based on Benjamin Franklin’s The Whistle (1799), which tells of his nephew’s wanting a certain whistle so much that he paid its owner four times its value. As soon as the whistle had been acquired, however, it lost its appeal of the unattainable, leaving the boy disappointed with his purchase.
If a man likes to do it he must pay for his whistle. (George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876)
Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1980 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
price
– cost
1. ‘price’ and ‘cost’
The price or cost of something is the amount of money you must pay to buy it.
The price of oil doubled in a few months.
They are worried about the rising cost of food.
You can also use cost to refer to the amount of money needed to do or make something.
The cost of raising a child is very high.
The building was recently restored at a cost of £500,000.
Be Careful!
Don’t use ‘price’ in this way. Don’t say, for example, ‘The price of raising a child is very high.’
2. ‘costs’
You use the plural noun costs when you are referring to the total amount of money needed to run something such as a business.
We need to cut our costs in order to make a profit.
Stores have had to raise their prices to cover increased costs.
3. ‘cost’ used as a verb
You use cost as a verb to talk about the amount of money that you must pay for something.
The dress costs $200.
How much do these new phones cost?
You can use cost with two objects to say how much money someone pays for something on a particular occasion. The past tense and -ed participle of cost is cost.
A two-day stay there cost me $125.
How much did that haircut cost you?
Be Careful!
Don’t use ‘to’ after cost in a sentence like this. Don’t say, for example, ‘How much did that haircut cost to you?’
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
cost
Past participle: cost/costed
Gerund: costing
| Imperative |
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| cost |
| cost |
| Present |
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| I cost |
| you cost |
| he/she/it costs |
| we cost |
| you cost |
| they cost |
| Preterite |
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| I cost/costed |
| you cost/costed |
| he/she/it cost/costed |
| we cost/costed |
| you cost/costed |
| they cost/costed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am costing |
| you are costing |
| he/she/it is costing |
| we are costing |
| you are costing |
| they are costing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have cost/costed |
| you have cost/costed |
| he/she/it has cost/costed |
| we have cost/costed |
| you have cost/costed |
| they have cost/costed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was costing |
| you were costing |
| he/she/it was costing |
| we were costing |
| you were costing |
| they were costing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had cost/costed |
| you had cost/costed |
| he/she/it had cost/costed |
| we had cost/costed |
| you had cost/costed |
| they had cost/costed |
| Future |
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| I will cost |
| you will cost |
| he/she/it will cost |
| we will cost |
| you will cost |
| they will cost |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have cost/costed |
| you will have cost/costed |
| he/she/it will have cost/costed |
| we will have cost/costed |
| you will have cost/costed |
| they will have cost/costed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be costing |
| you will be costing |
| he/she/it will be costing |
| we will be costing |
| you will be costing |
| they will be costing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been costing |
| you have been costing |
| he/she/it has been costing |
| we have been costing |
| you have been costing |
| they have been costing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been costing |
| you will have been costing |
| he/she/it will have been costing |
| we will have been costing |
| you will have been costing |
| they will have been costing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been costing |
| you had been costing |
| he/she/it had been costing |
| we had been costing |
| you had been costing |
| they had been costing |
| Conditional |
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| I would cost |
| you would cost |
| he/she/it would cost |
| we would cost |
| you would cost |
| they would cost |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have cost/costed |
| you would have cost/costed |
| he/she/it would have cost/costed |
| we would have cost/costed |
| you would have cost/costed |
| they would have cost/costed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  cost — the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending — money paid out; an amount spent disbursal, disbursement, expense — amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) capital expenditure — the cost of long-term improvements payment — a sum of money paid or a claim discharged ransom, ransom money — money demanded for the return of a captured person cost overrun — excess of cost over budget; «the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget» cost of living — average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); «a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation» borrowing cost — the cost of borrowing something distribution cost — any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc) handling charge, handling cost — the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) marketing cost — the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer) production cost — combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods replacement cost — current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness physical value, reproduction cost — cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation) unit cost — calculated cost for a given unit of a product price, terms, damage — the amount of money needed to purchase something; «the price of gasoline»; «he got his new car on excellent terms»; «how much is the damage?» price — cost of bribing someone; «they say that every politician has a price» opportunity cost — cost in terms of foregoing alternatives portage — the cost of carrying or transporting charge — the price charged for some article or service; «the admission charge» |
| 2. |  cost — the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); «the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver»; «he puts a high price on his services»; «he couldn’t calculate the cost of the collection»
monetary value, price value — the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; «the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world» average cost — total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost — the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output expensiveness — the quality of being high-priced assessment — the market value set on assets inexpensiveness — the quality of being affordable |
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| 3. |  cost — value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; «the cost in human life was enormous»; «the price of success is hard work»; «what price glory?»
toll, price value — the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; «the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world» death toll — the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster |
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| Verb | 1. |  cost — be priced at; «These shoes cost $100»
be be — have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); «John is rich»; «This is not a good answer» knock back, put back, set back — cost a certain amount; «My daughter’s wedding set me back $20,000» |
| 2. | cost — require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; «This mistake cost him his job»
necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take — require as useful, just, or proper; «It takes nerve to do what she did»; «success usually requires hard work»; «This job asks a lot of patience and skill»; «This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice»; «This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert»; «This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
cost
noun
1. price, worth, expense, rate, charge, figure, damage (informal), amount, payment, expenditure, outlay The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold.
2. loss, suffering, damage, injury, penalty, hurt, expense, harm, sacrifice, deprivation, detriment a man who always looks after `number one’, whatever the cost to others
verb
1. sell at, come to, set (someone) back (informal), be priced at, command a price of The course is limited to 12 people and costs £50.
2. lose, deprive of, cheat of The operation saved his life, but cost him his sight.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
cost
noun
1. An amount paid or to be paid for a purchase:
Informal: tab.
2. Something expended to obtain a benefit or desired result:
3. A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something:
verb
To require a specified price:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
státcenanákladnákladyodhadnout náklady
kosteprisprissættekalkulere
hintamaksaakustannus
koštatitrošak
kerülkikalkulálja az árát
áætla kostnaîkostaverî; kostnaîur
かかるコスト代償掛かる費用
비용비용이 들다
apskaičiuoti išlaidasapskaičiuoti kainąatsieitibet kokia kainabrangumas
cenaizcenotizkalkulētmaksāt
cenastatistrošekveljati
kostakostnad
ค่าใช้จ่ายมีมูลค่า
chi phíphải trả
cost
[kɒst]
A. N
2. costs
2.2. (= expenses) → gastos mpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cost
[ˈkɒst]
n
(monetary) → coût m
to count the cost of sth (= assess the cost of) → calculer le coût de qch (= assess the consequences of) [+ disaster] → faire le bilan de qch
npl
[business] → frais mpl
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cost
vb: pret, ptp <cost>
vt
(lit, fig) → kosten; how much does it cost? → wie viel kostet es?; how much will it cost to have it repaired? → wie viel kostet die Reparatur?; it cost (him) a lot of money → das hat (ihn) viel Geld gekostet; designer clothes cost money → Designerkleidung kostet Geld; driving without a seat belt cost him dear → Fahren ohne Sicherheitsgurt kam ihn teuer zu stehen; it cost him a great effort/a lot of time → es kostete ihn viel Mühe/viel Zeit; that mistake could cost you your life → der Fehler könnte dich das Leben kosten; cost what it may → koste es, was es wolle; politeness doesn’t cost (you) anything → es kostet (dich) nichts, höflich zu sein; it’ll cost you (inf) → das kostet dich was (inf)
pret, ptp <costed> (= work out cost of) project etc → veranschlagen
pret, ptp <costed> (Comm: = put a price on) articles for sale → auspreisen (at zu)
cost
:
cost accountant
n → Kostenbuchhalter(in) m(f)
cost
:
cost centre
n → Kostenstelle f
cost clerk
n → Angestellte(r) mf → in der Kostenbuchhaltung
cost-conscious
adj → kostenbewusst
cost-cutting
n → Kostenverringerung f
adj attr cost exercise → kostendämpfende Maßnahmen pl
cost-effective
adj → rentabel, kosteneffizient (spec)
cost
:
cost-of-living adjustment
cost-of-living bonus
n → Lebenshaltungskostenzuschlag m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cost
(kost) – past tense past participle cost – verb
1. to be obtainable at a certain price. This jacket costs 75 dollars; The victory cost two thousand lives.
2. (past tense, past participle ˈcosted) to estimate the cost of (a future project). The caterer costed the reception at three hundred dollars.
noun
the price to be paid (for something). What is the cost of this coat?
ˈcostly adjective
costing much. a costly wedding-dress.
ˈcostliness nouncosts noun plural
the expenses of a legal case. He won his case and was awarded costs of $500.
at all costs
no matter what the cost or outcome may be. We must prevent disaster at all costs.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cost
→ تَكْلِفَة, يُكَلِّفُ náklady, stát koste, pris Kosten κοστίζω, κόστος costar, coste, costo hinta, maksaa coût, coûter koštati, trošak costare, costo かかる, コスト 비용, 비용이 들다 kosten koste, kostnad koszt, kosztować custar, custo стоимость, стоить kosta, kostnad ค่าใช้จ่าย, มีมูลค่า mal olmak, maliyet chi phí, phải trả 成本, 花费
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cost
n. coste, costo, precio;
v. costar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Is the cost of electricity included?
- How much will it cost to send this package? (US)
How much is it to send this parcel? (UK) - How much do the photos cost?
- How much does it cost to get in?
- How much does it cost to use a tennis court? (US)
How much is it to hire a tennis court? (UK) - How much would it cost to telephone …? (US)
How much is it to telephone …? (UK) - How much does it cost to log on for an hour? (US)
How much is it to log on for an hour? (UK) - How much does it cost to send a fax? (US)
How much is it to send a fax? (UK) - How much does it cost?
- How much does that cost?
- How much will the repairs cost?
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cost
n costo, coste m (Esp); cost-effective costo-efectivo, coste-efectivo; cost-effectiveness costo-efectividad m, coste-efectividad m; cost-saving que ahorra costos or costes
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
ru
The cost of something is how much money you need to spend on it. The high cost of a fancy coffee drink might surprise you.
Значения
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v
ru
To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.
This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.
v
ru
To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.
v
ru
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
Еще значения (2)
v
ru
To calculate or estimate a price.
I’d cost the repair work at a few thousand.
adj
ru
Having a specified (type of) cost
This was a badly costed project.
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A new car costs thousands of dollars, while in some places penny candy still only costs a penny per piece. Cost also means «cause a loss,» as when a bad fumble costs your favorite football team the game, or your brother’s cheating on a test costs him the respect of his favorite teacher. The Old French cost meant «outlay, expenditure, hardship, or trouble,» from the Latin root constare, «to stand at or to cost.»
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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023 cost /kɔst, kɑst/USA pronunciation
v.
Idioms
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023 cost
v.t.
v.i.
cost′less, adj.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cost /kɒst/ n
vb (costs, costing, cost)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French (n), from coster to cost, from Latin constāre to stand at, cost, from stāre to stand ‘costed‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): |
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COSTED
Definition of COSTED
- Words Starting With C
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- Verbs Starting With C
- Verbs Starting With CO
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- Verbs Starting With COST
- Verbs Starting With COSTE
- Verbs Starting With COSTED
- Verbs Ending With D
- Verbs Ending With ED
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Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kawst, kost]
- /kɔst, kɒst/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kawst, kost]
- /kɔst, kɒst/
Definitions of costed word
- noun costed the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal. 1
- noun costed an outlay or expenditure of money, time, labor, trouble, etc.: What will the cost be to me? 1
- noun costed a sacrifice, loss, or penalty: to work at the cost of one’s health. 1
- noun costed costs, Law. money allowed to a successful party in a lawsuit in compensation for legal expenses incurred, chargeable to the unsuccessful party. money due to a court or one of its officers for services in a cause. 1
- verb with object costed to require the payment of (money or something else of value) in an exchange: That camera cost $200. 1
- verb with object costed to result in or entail the loss of: Carelessness costs lives. 1
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Origin of costed
First appearance:
before 1200
One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; (v.) Middle English costen < Anglo-French, Old French co(u)ster < Latin constāre to stand together, be settled, cost; cf. constant; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Costed
costed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student’s vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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Some verbs stay the same in their simple past and past participle form, and they’re called irregular verbs. But is cost one of them? What is the past tense of cost?
Both cost and costed are correct. But they might have different uses. Find out the difference between cost and costed and how to use them in a sentence.
Past Tense of Cost
Cost or costed is the past tense form of the verb cost. However, American and British English prefer cost as the simple past tense. The verb means the amount needed to buy, do, or pay for something.
Why is Costed Wrong?
Costed is not entirely wrong. In fact, Canadians and other varieties of English-speaking countries outside North America use it.
American English considers cost as an irregular verb. Its simple past and past participle form do not use -ed or -d at the end. Instead, it remains uninflected in the past tense.
For example, Americans would say that milk cost less yesterday. But Canadians might say, “milk costed less yesterday.”.
There’s also a rule that cost as a linking verb does not change in spelling in the past tense. Linking verbs are verbs that only connect the subject and predicate. For example, it costs me five dollars.
However, use the regular past form if you use it as an action verb which means to figure out how much something will cost you. For example, I haven’t costed the business proposal yet.
Cost can also be a noun that means the amount of money you need to purchase, do, or pay for something.
How Do You Use Cost in a Sentence?
- The capital cost is twice as much as last year.
How Do You Use Costed in a Sentence?
American news publications prefer cost, but there are instances where they use costed.
The menu is fully costed, reasonably priced and, importantly, returns a healthy profit. [Herald Scotland]
The plan isn’t fully costed and would require hundreds of millions in new revenues. [CBC.ca]
But Mr Abbott said the policy would be fully costed. [Sydney Morning Herald]
[T]he Military Veterans Bill, passed by Parliament last year, broke legislative rules because it could not be costed. [Independent Online]
How Do You Use Costly in a Sentence?
The ‘Anticipation Error’ Is Turning Decisions Into Costly Disasters. There’s an Easy Way to Avoid It (Inc.)
The Max 10, an extended version of the company’s flagship single-aisle jet that was grounded in 2019 after two fatal crashes, must be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by December or it could face a costly redesign. (Bloomberg)
Amtrak’s expansion to the Hinterlands will be costly to the government & the economy. (Forbes)
Assisted living communities average more than $4,000 monthly. This is where they are the most and least costly. (CNBC)
So, Both are Correct
Use the simple past tense of cost in American and British English. And use costed if you are writing or speaking to a Canadian audience. You can also use cost if you’re referring to the linking verb and costed for the action verb.
The difference between them is easy to memorize. Keep practicing by using the verb in a sentence whenever you get the chance! Learn about more differences in American and Canadian/IK spellings like analog vs. analogue or fueled and fuelled to improve your writing skills.
Definitions For Costed
noun
- The price of something : the amount of money that is needed to pay for or buy something
- An amount of money that must be spent regularly to pay for something (such as running a business or raising a family)
- Something that is lost, damaged, or given up in order to achieve or get something
verb
- To have (an amount of money) as a price
- To cause (someone) to pay an amount of money
- To cause (someone) to lose something
English International (SOWPODS)
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Words with Friends
The word Costed is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Costed in a Sentence
- She attends college at a cost of $15,000 a year.
- The average cost of raising a family has increased dramatically.
- We offer services at a fraction of the cost of other companies.
- The trip will cost you about $100 each way.
- The project will end up costing the government an estimated 3.5 billion dollars.
- It will cost you a lot of money, but it’ll be worth it.
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Wiktionary
costed
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The object of a costing. v
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1 Simple past tense of »’cost»’. 2 Past participle of »’cost»’.
Usage examples of «costed».
His last foray was into Nigeria, where he proposed a project to each side, costed at half a million pounds.
We’ve thrashed out a more or less satisfactory contract with Globecast’s lawyers, but it hasn’t been costed out yet.
His mother had worn him out, the passivity of his father had depressed him, he feared they hadn’t costed the breads right for tomorrow’s demonstration.