Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

 
 
Complete Definition of "cost"

English

rank|week|stone|tree|781|cost|value|cast|speaking

Etymology
From OF. coster (modern: coût).

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/kɒst/
a|US IPA|/kɔst/
audio|en-us-cost.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
  2. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

Translations
trans-top|amount of money, time, etc.
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|費用|费用 (fèiyòng), zh-ts|成本|成本 (chéngběn)
Czech: t-|cs|náklad|m
Finnish: t+|fi|hinta, t+|fi|kustannus
German: t+|de|Kosten|f|p
Hebrew: עלות ('alut) f
Italian: t+|it|costo|m, t+|it|spesa|f
trans-mid
Japanese: 費用 (ひよう, hiyō)
Kurdish: KUchar|به‌ها, KUchar|نرخ
Novial: kosto
Portuguese: t-|pt|custo|m
Spanish: t+|es|costo|m
trans-bottom

trans-top|negative consequence or loss
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|代價|代价 (dàijìa)
Finnish: t+|fi|hinta
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Verlust|m
Novial: kosto
Spanish: t+|es|costo|m
trans-bottom

ttbc-top
ttbc|German: Kosten f pl
ttbc|Greek: κόστος [ˈko̞sto̞s] n, έξοδο [ˈe̞k͡so̞ˌðo̞] n, δαπάνη [ðaˈpani] f, τίμημα [ˈtimiˌma] n, αντίτιμο [aˈ(n)ditiˌmo̞] n
ttbc|Indonesian: biaya, ongkos
ttbc|Portuguese: Custo
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|costs|costing|cost

  1. To incur a charge, a price.

Translations
trans-top|to incur a charge, a price
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|花費|花费 (huāfèi)
Dutch: t+|nl|kosten
Finnish: t+|fi|maksaa
French: t+|fr|coûter
German: t+|de|kosten
Indonesian: habis|menghabiskan biaya
Italian: t-|it|costare
trans-mid
Greek: κοστίζω [ko̞ˈstizo̞] (means also "to cause damage or distress"), στοιχίζω [stiˈçizo̞] (means also "to inflict" and "to align"), τιμώμαι [tiˈmo̞me̞], κάνω [ˈkano̞] [colloquial (has a huge number of meanings, one of them is "to cost")]
Japanese: 費やす (ついやす, tsuiyasu)
Spanish: t-|es|costar
trans-bottom

Category:English irregular past participles
Category:English irregular simple past forms
Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English past participles
Category:English simple past forms

ca:cost
el:cost
fa:cost
fr:cost
gl:cost
ko:cost
io:cost
id:cost
it:cost
lt:cost
hu:cost
pl:cost
pt:cost
ru:cost
simple:cost
fi:cost
ta:cost
te:cost
vi:cost
tr:cost
uk:cost
zh:cost

Revision and Credits for"cost"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.


Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2012 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.