cost

cost
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. price, charge, expense; expenditure, outlay, disbursement, payment.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Price]
Syn. payment, value, charge, expense; see price , value 1 .
2. [Damage]
Syn. harm, detriment, loss, sacrifice; see damage 1 , 2 , loss 1 .
v.
1. [To require in money]
Syn. sell for, be priced at, be asked, be demanded, be paid, be given, be received, be needed, require, take, be marked at, be valued (at), be worth, amount to, come to, be for sale at, command a price of, run, mount up to, bring in, get, fetch, set one back*.
2. [To require in sacrifice]
Syn. necessitate, obligate, lose; see require 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. expense charge, price, value, worth, amount, expenditure, payment, outlay, bill. see money
2. loss injury, harm, forfeit, expense, detriment, damage, sacrifice, price.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. An amount paid or to be paid for a purchase: charge, price. Informal: tab. See TRANSACTIONS. 2. Something expended to obtain a benefit or desired result: disbursement, expenditure, expense, outlay. See TRANSACTIONS. 3. A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something: expense, price, sacrifice, toll1. See TRANSACTIONS. II verb To require a specified price: go for, sell for. See TRANSACTIONS.

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