cost

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɒst/
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• General-American: /kɔst/ without the cot–caught merger
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger: /kɑst/
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• rhymes with -ɒst
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cost, coust, from costen (“to cost”), from the same source as above.

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”) (or Proto-Germanic *kustiz (“choice, trial”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“to enjoy, taste”). 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”), Latin gustus (“taste”). Related to choose. Doublet of gusto.

From Middle English coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa. Doublet of coast and cuesta.

From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō (“stand together”).

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَكْلِفَة (taklifa) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Arabic: كُلْفَة (kulfa) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Armenian: ծախս (caxs) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Assamese: দাম (dam) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Asturian: costu — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Basque: kostu — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Belarusian: кошт (košt) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Belarusian: кашто́ўнасць (kaštównascʹ) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Belarusian: ва́ртасць (vártascʹ) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Bulgarian: разноски (raznoski) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Bulgarian: сто́йност (stójnost) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Bulgarian: разхо́д (razhód) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Catalan: cost — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Catalan: despesa — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Chamicuro: iso'no — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Cherokee: ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ (tsugvwalodi) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 費用 /费用 (fèiyòng) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 成本 (chéngběn) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 花費 /花费 (huāfèi) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Cornish: còst — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Czech: náklad — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Danish: omkostninger — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Dutch: kost — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Esperanto: kosto — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Finnish: kustannus — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Finnish: kulu — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Finnish: hinta — amount of money spent for a purpose
• French: coût — amount of money spent for a purpose
• French: frais — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Friulian: cost — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Galician: custo — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Galician: custa — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Galician: custas — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Gallo: cóstauncz — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Georgian: ფასი (pasi) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• German: Kosten — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 (andawairþi) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Greek: κόστος (kóstos) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Greek: δαπάνη (dapáni) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Greek: τίμημα (tímima) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Greek: αντίτιμο (antítimo) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Ancient Greek: δαπάνη (dapánē) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Hebrew: עלות ('alut) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Hindi: दाम (dām) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Hindi: क़ीमत (qīmat) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Hindi: मूल्य (mūlya) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Hungarian: költség — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Irish: costas — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Italian: costo — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Italian: spesa — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Japanese: 費用 (hiyō) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Khmer: ថ្លៃ (thlay) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Korean: 비용 (biyong) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Central Kurdish: بەھا (beha) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Central Kurdish: نرخ (nirx) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latin: pretium — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latin: sūmptus — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latin: impendium — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latin: impensa — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latvian: maksa — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latvian: cena — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Latvian: dārdzība — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Macedonian: вредност (vrednost) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Malay: belanja — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Malay: kos — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Mongolian: өртөг (örtög) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Norman: couôtage — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Norman: couôtement — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: omkostninger — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kostnad — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Persian: هزینه (hazine) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Persian: قیمت (qeymat) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Plautdietsch: Kost — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Plautdietsch: Priess — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Polish: koszt — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Portuguese: custo — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Romagnol: prëz — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Romanian: cost — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Russian: расхо́ды (rasxódy) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Russian: сто́имость (stóimostʹ) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: cosgais — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: cosg — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: trošak — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Slovak: náklad — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Slovene: stroški — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Spanish: costo — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Spanish: gasto — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Spanish: costa — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Swahili: gharama — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Swedish: kostnad — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Tagalog: halaga — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Tajik: қимат (qimat) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Tajik: хазина (xazina) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Thai: ค่าใชีข่าย (khā chî cāy) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Tocharian B: pīto — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Tocharian B: wyai — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Turkish: masraf — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: قیمت (kıymet) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Tuvan: өртек (örtek) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Ukrainian: кошт (košt) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Ukrainian: ва́ртість (vártistʹ) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Urdu: دام (dām) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Urdu: قیمت (qīmat) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Urdu: لاگت (lāgat) — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Yoruba: owó — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Yoruba: iye — amount of money spent for a purpose
• Asturian: costu — negative consequence or loss
• Basque: kostu — negative consequence or loss
• Bulgarian: загуби (zagubi) — negative consequence or loss
• Czech: cena — negative consequence or loss
• Finnish: hinta — negative consequence or loss
• Finnish: kustannus — negative consequence or loss
• French: coût — negative consequence or loss
• Galician: custo — negative consequence or loss
• German: Verlust — negative consequence or loss
• German: Ausgaben — negative consequence or loss
• Greek: κόστος (kóstos) — negative consequence or loss
• Hungarian: ár — negative consequence or loss
• Italian: discapito — negative consequence or loss
• Japanese: 代償 (daishō) — negative consequence or loss
• Korean: 대가 (daega) — negative consequence or loss
• Latvian: maksa — negative consequence or loss
• Norwegian Bokmål: kostnad — negative consequence or loss
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kostnad — negative consequence or loss
• Polish: cena — negative consequence or loss
• Portuguese: custo — negative consequence or loss
• Russian: изде́ржки (izdéržki) — negative consequence or loss
• Russian: затра́ты (zatráty) — negative consequence or loss
• Russian: цена́ (cená) — negative consequence or loss
• Scottish Gaelic: cosgais — negative consequence or loss
• Scottish Gaelic: prìs — negative consequence or loss
• Scottish Gaelic: cosg — negative consequence or loss
• Spanish: costo — negative consequence or loss
• Swedish: kostnad — negative consequence or loss
• Tagalog: halaga — negative consequence or loss
• Abkhaz: аԥсазаара (apsazaara) — to incur a charge, a price
• Albanian: kushtëzoj — to incur a charge, a price
• Albanian: ngushtoj — to incur a charge, a price
• Arabic: سَاوَى (sāwā) — to incur a charge, a price
• Arabic: كَلَّفَ (kallafa) — to incur a charge, a price
• Arabic: تَكَلَّفَ (takallafa) — to incur a charge, a price
• Armenian: արժենալ (arženal) — to incur a charge, a price
• Armenian: արժել (aržel) — to incur a charge, a price
• Asturian: costar — to incur a charge, a price
• Avar: багьа букӏине (baha bukʼine) — to incur a charge, a price
• Azerbaijani: başa gəlmək — to incur a charge, a price
• Bashkir: тороу (torow) — to incur a charge, a price
• Basque: kostatu — to incur a charge, a price
• Belarusian: каштава́ць (kaštavácʹ) — to incur a charge, a price
• Bulgarian: стру́вам (strúvam) — to incur a charge, a price
• Bulgarian: ко́ствам (kóstvam) — to incur a charge, a price
• Bulgarian: чи́ня (čínja) — to incur a charge, a price
• Catalan: costar — to incur a charge, a price
• Chechen: хӏажараш (hažaraš) — to incur a charge, a price
• Chinese Mandarin: 花費 /花费 (huāfèi) — to incur a charge, a price
• Ngazidja Comorian: hufa — to incur a charge, a price
• Cornish: costya — to incur a charge, a price
• Czech: stát — to incur a charge, a price
• Danish: koste — to incur a charge, a price
• Dutch: kosten — to incur a charge, a price
• Esperanto: kosti — to incur a charge, a price
• Estonian: maksma — to incur a charge, a price
• Faroese: kosta — to incur a charge, a price
• Finnish: maksaa — to incur a charge, a price
• French: coûter — to incur a charge, a price
• French: couter — to incur a charge, a price
• Friulian: costâ — to incur a charge, a price
• Galician: custar — to incur a charge, a price
• Gallo: cóstaer — to incur a charge, a price
• Georgian: ღირს (ɣirs) — to incur a charge, a price
• German: kosten — to incur a charge, a price
• Greek: κοστίζω (kostízo) — to incur a charge, a price
• Greek: στοιχίζω (stoichízo) — to incur a charge, a price
• Greek: τιμώμαι (timómai) — to incur a charge, a price
• Greek: κάνω [colloquial] (káno) — to incur a charge, a price
• Hebrew: עָלָה (alá) — to incur a charge, a price
• Hindi: मूल्य (mūlya) — to incur a charge, a price
• Hindi: दाम (dām) — to incur a charge, a price
• Hindi: लागत (lāgat) — to incur a charge, a price
• White Hmong: nqi — to incur a charge, a price
• Hungarian: kerül — to incur a charge, a price
• Icelandic: kosta — to incur a charge, a price
• Ido: kustar — to incur a charge, a price
• Indonesian: menghabiskan biaya — to incur a charge, a price
• Interlingua: costar — to incur a charge, a price
• Irish: cosain — to incur a charge, a price
• Istriot: custà — to incur a charge, a price
• Italian: costare — to incur a charge, a price
• Japanese: 費やす (tsuiyasu) — to incur a charge, a price
• Japanese: 掛かる (kakaru) — to incur a charge, a price
• Jeju: 들다 (deulda) — to incur a charge, a price
• Kannada: ಬೀರು (bīru) — to incur a charge, a price
• Kazakh: тұру (tūru) — to incur a charge, a price
• Khmer: មានតម្លៃ (miən tɑmlay) — to incur a charge, a price
• Korean: 들다 (deulda) — to incur a charge, a price
• Kyrgyz: туруу (turuu) — to incur a charge, a price
• Lao: ຄ່າໃຊ້ຈ່າຍ (khasaichai) — to incur a charge, a price
• Latin: cōnstō — to incur a charge, a price
• Latin: valeō — to incur a charge, a price
• Latvian: maksāt — to incur a charge, a price
• Lithuanian: kainuoti — to incur a charge, a price
• Lombard: costà — to incur a charge, a price
• Luxembourgish: kaschten — to incur a charge, a price
• Macedonian: чини (čini) — to incur a charge, a price
• Macedonian: кошта (košta) — to incur a charge, a price
• Malay: harga — to incur a charge, a price
• Mongolian: зардал (zardal) — to incur a charge, a price
• Navajo: bą́ą́h ílį́ — to incur a charge, a price
• Neapolitan: custà — to incur a charge, a price
• Norman: couôter — to incur a charge, a price
• Norwegian Bokmål: koste — to incur a charge, a price
• Norwegian Nynorsk: koste — to incur a charge, a price
• Occitan: costar — to incur a charge, a price
• Ossetian: аргъ уын (arǧ wyn) — to incur a charge, a price
• Persian: ارزیدن (arzidan) — to incur a charge, a price
• Polish: kosztować — to incur a charge, a price
• Portuguese: custar — to incur a charge, a price
• Romanian: costa — to incur a charge, a price
• Romanian: prețui — to incur a charge, a price
• Romansh: custar — to incur a charge, a price
• Romansh: custair — to incur a charge, a price
• Romansh: cuostair — to incur a charge, a price
• Russian: сто́ить (stóitʹ) — to incur a charge, a price
• Sardinian: costai — to incur a charge, a price
• Sardinian: costare — to incur a charge, a price
• Sardinian: costari — to incur a charge, a price
• Scottish Gaelic: cosg — to incur a charge, a price
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏штати — to incur a charge, a price
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍštati — to incur a charge, a price
• Sicilian: custari — to incur a charge, a price
• Slovak: stáť — to incur a charge, a price
• Slovene: státi — to incur a charge, a price
• Somali: kharashka — to incur a charge, a price
• Spanish: costar — to incur a charge, a price
• Swahili: gharimu — to incur a charge, a price
• Swedish: kosta — to incur a charge, a price
• Tajik: арзидан (arzidan) — to incur a charge, a price
• Tamil: செலவு (celavu) — to incur a charge, a price
• Thai: ราคา (raa-kaa) — to incur a charge, a price
• Tibetan: གནད (gnad) — to incur a charge, a price
• Turkish: fiyatı olmak — to incur a charge, a price
• Turkish: mal olmak — to incur a charge, a price
• Tuvan: өртeк (örtek) — to incur a charge, a price
• Ukrainian: ко́штувати (kóštuvaty) — to incur a charge, a price
• Ukrainian: сто́їти (stójity) — to incur a charge, a price
• Uzbek: arzimoq — to incur a charge, a price
• Uzbek: turmoq — to incur a charge, a price
• Venetan: costar — to incur a charge, a price
• Venetan: gostar — to incur a charge, a price
• Yiddish: קאָסטן (kostn) — to incur a charge, a price
• Yoruba: ni — to incur a charge, a price
• Yoruba: nánilówó — to incur a charge, a price
• Zhuang: bozgunz — to incur a charge, a price
• Zulu: -biza — to incur a charge, a price
• French: coûter — to cause something to be lost
• French: couter — to cause something to be lost
• Turkish: mal olmak — to cause something to be lost
• Czech: nacenit — to calculate or estimate a price
• Czech: ocenit — to calculate or estimate a price
• Czech: odhadnout náklady — to calculate or estimate a price
• Czech: vykalkulovat cenu — to calculate or estimate a price