costs

costs · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun, plural) Amounts that must be paid or spent to buy or obtain something.

  2. 2.

    (noun, plural) Expenses incurred in a legal case.

  3. 3.

    (verb) Third person singular of cost.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    at all costs — regardless of the expense or effort
  • •
    cut costs — reduce expenses
  • •
    cover costs — pay for expenses

Related words

Antonyms: gains, profits
See also: cost, expensive, price
Synonyms: charges, expenses, prices

Etymology

From Old French "coster" from Latin "constare" meaning "to stand firm, cost."