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[Noun] | "cost" | \ ˈkȯst \

1: the amount or equivalent paid or charged for something : price

2: the outlay or expenditure (as of effort or sacrifice) made to achieve an object

3: loss or penalty incurred especially in gaining something

Origin: 14th century ;

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[Noun] | "closing costs"

1: the extra amounts of money that people need to pay when they buy a house

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[Noun] | "indirect cost"

1: a cost that is not identifiable with a specific product, function, or activity

Origin: circa 1909 ;

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[Noun] | "la*bor" | \ ˈlā-bər \

1: expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory

2: the services performed by workers for wages as distinguished from those rendered by entrepreneurs for profits

3: human activity that provides the goods or services in an economy

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English, from Anglo-French labur, from Latin labor; perhaps akin to Latin labare to totter, labi to slip {mat|sleep|};

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[Noun] | "opportunity cost"

1: the added cost of using resources (as for production or speculative investment) that is the difference between the actual value resulting from such use and that of an alternative (such as another use of the same resources or an investment of equal risk but greater return)

Origin: 1894 ;

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[Noun] | "prime cost"

1: the combined total of raw material and direct labor costs incurred in production; broadly : cost less vendor's or agent's commission for charges

Origin: 1695 ;

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[Idiom] | "cut costs"

1: to spend less money

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[Noun] | "costs"

1: a payment made in the course of achieving a result;

* e.g., " ... the newlyweds spared no cost in building the kitchen of their dreams "

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2: the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something;

* e.g., " ... we can't afford the cost of a house just yet, so we're renting an apartment "

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3: the loss or penalty involved in achieving a goal;

* e.g., " ... they won the war, but at a terrible cost in lives "

Synonyms :
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[Noun] | "cost"

1: a payment made in the course of achieving a result;

* e.g., " ... the newlyweds spared no cost in building the kitchen of their dreams "

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2: the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something;

* e.g., " ... we can't afford the cost of a house just yet, so we're renting an apartment "

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3: the loss or penalty involved in achieving a goal;

* e.g., " ... they won the war, but at a terrible cost in lives "

Synonyms :
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[Verb] | "costs"

1: to have a price of;

* e.g., " ... the raffle tickets cost a dollar each "

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