Cost Definition
- Regardless of the expense or effort involved; by any means.
- regardless of the cost or difficulty involved; by any means required
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cost
Origin of Cost
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Cognate with Icelandic kostur, German dialectal Kust (“taste, flavour”), Dutch kust (“choice, choosing”), North Frisian kest (“choice, estimation, virtue”), West Frisian kêst (“article of law, statute”), Old English cyst (“free-will, choice, election, the best of anything, the choicest, picked host, moral excellence, virtue, goodness, generosity, munificence”). Related to choose.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English cost, from Old English cost (“option, choice, possibility, manner, way, condition”), from Old Norse kostr (“choice, opportunity, chance, condition, state, quality”), from Proto-Germanic *kustuz (“choice, trial”) (Proto-Germanic *kustiz (“choice, trial”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“to enjoy, taste”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin constare (“stand together, stand at, cost”), from com- + stare (“stand”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from coster to cost from Latin cōnstāre to be fixed, cost constant
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English cost, coust, from costen (“to cost”), see below.
From Wiktionary
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