ENGLISH: cost - CREOLE: koute



Overview of noun cost



The noun cost has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (379) cost -- (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)

2. (53) monetary value, price, cost -- (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection")

3. (17) price, cost, toll -- (value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?")



Overview of verb cost



The verb cost has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (35) cost, be -- (be priced at; "These shoes cost $100")

2. (16) cost -- (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job")

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