"cost" meaning in English

See cost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɒst/ [UK], /kɔst/ [US] Audio: en-us-cost.ogg [US], en-uk-to cost.ogg [UK] Forms: cost [singular], costs [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it.
    Sense id: simple-cost-en-noun-r3eRM84D

Verb

IPA: /kɒst/ [UK], /kɔst/ [US] Audio: en-us-cost.ogg [US], en-uk-to cost.ogg [UK] Forms: cost [canonical], costs [third-person, singular], cost [past], cost [past, participle], costing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|cost|costs|cost|cost|costing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you say that a thing costs, you say that one must pay in order to buy it.
    Sense id: simple-cost-en-verb-4qQU5JLZ
  2. One may say that an action costs a certain bad result.
    Sense id: simple-cost-en-verb-GM7ok8mc
  3. When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing.
    Sense id: simple-cost-en-verb-OJCF~mA~
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