cost

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
noun the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
noun value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

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

"Ink costs money," he protested. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train
Cost, fifty cents per quart. — On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, Lina Beard
THE COST OF THE WAR XXX. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

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