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costUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɒst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɔst, kɑst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kôst, kost)
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price
- cost ‘price’ and ‘cost’ The price or cost of something is the amount of money you must pay to buy it. The of oil doubled in a few months. They are worried about the rising cost of food. You can also use cost to refer to the amount of money needed to do or make something. The of raising a child is very high. The building was recently restored at a of £500,000. Be careful Don't use ‘price’ in this way. Don't say, for example, ‘The price of raising a child is very high.’ ‘costs’ You use the plural noun costs when you are referring to the total amount of money needed to run something such as a business. We need to cut our in order to make a profit. Stores have had to raise their prices to cover increased costs. ‘cost’ used as a verb You use cost as a verb to talk about the amount of money that you must pay for something. The dress . How much do these new phones ? You can use cost with two objects to say how much money someone pays for something on a particular occasion. The past tense and -ed participle of cost is cost. A two-day stay there . How much did that haircut cost you? Be careful Don't use ‘to’ after cost in a sentence like this. Don't say, for example, ‘How much did that haircut cost to you?’ price
- prize ‘price’ The price /praɪs/ of something is the amount of money that you must pay to buy it. The of a cup of coffee is almost five dollars. The is shown on the label. ➜ See price - cost ‘prize’ A prize /praɪz/ is something given to someone for winning a competition or game, or for doing good work. He won a in a painting competition. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. 'cost' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "cost" in the title: ....the availability and the cost of the rooms? - English Only forum
...and at great cost? - English Only forum 'bear to cost' - English Only forum ‘Cost’ as a metaphor - English Only forum (the) expenditure/spending/cost of - English Only forum a big part percentage wise of the total cost of repair. - English Only forum A bit higher/more [cost] - English Only forum A confusing sentence:Wind and solar cost the same or less to produce is many countries - English Only forum a cost - English Only forum a cost 10 times less - English Only forum A cost can be assigned to different levels of service - English Only forum A cost of - English Only forum a cost structure that is "in line with" our reduced revenues - English Only forum a cost to the ingredients - English Only forum a cost to your business - English Only forum a cost-effective way of reducing CO2 - English Only forum a much more cost-effective way vs much more cost-effective.. - English Only forum a penalty that cost them the game - English Only forum a reduction in running cost - English Only forum a tank cost $44 in Quebec - English Only forum a tonne cost of - English Only forum a whole day course cost $100 - English Only forum Achieve a cost down - English Only forum administration cost - English Only forum administration cost - English Only forum Aesthetic cost - English Only forum afforded charge/cost of their arrival/transportation. - English Only forum All it will cost you is ten dollars <eaches>. - English Only forum all of these elements have a cost to them - English Only forum although it wouldn't cost much / little - English Only forum more...
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