1. Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
   "The judge ordered the defendant to pay court costs"
    
2. Expenses involved in producing, maintaining or acquiring something
   "The company struggled with rising production costs"

1. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labour
   "The final cost of the project exceeded initial estimates"
    
2. The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
   "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection";
   - monetary value, price
    
3. Value measured by what must be given, done or undergone to obtain something
   "the cost in human life was enormous";
   - price, toll

1. Be priced at
   "These shoes cost $100";
   - be
    
2. Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
   "This mistake cost him his job"

1. Calculate the expense or expenses
   "the new building is not yet fully costed"

Type of: ask, be, call for, demand, expenditure, involve, merit, necessitate, need, outgo [archaic], outlay, postulate, reimbursement, require, spend, spending, take, value, worth

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