cost

Noun
  1. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor (synset 113296870)
    is a type of: expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending - money paid out; an amount spent
    subtypes:
    • disbursal, disbursement, expense - amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
    • capital expenditure - the cost of long-term improvements
    • payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
    • ransom, ransom money - money demanded for the return of a captured person
    • cost overrun - excess of cost over budget
    • cost of living - average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing)
    • borrowing cost - the cost of borrowing something
    • distribution cost - any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc)
    • handling charge, handling cost - the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)
    • marketing cost - the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer)
    • production cost - combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods
    • replacement cost - current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness
    • physical value, reproduction cost - cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)
    • unit cost - calculated cost for a given unit of a product
    • damage, price, terms - the amount of money needed to purchase something
    • price - cost of bribing someone
    • opportunity cost - cost in terms of foregoing alternatives
    • portage - the cost of carrying or transporting
    • charge - the price charged for some article or service
  2. The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) (synset 105152365)
    "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"
    is a type of: value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
    subtypes:
    same as: monetary value, price
  3. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something (synset 105171334)
    "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
    is a type of: value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
    subtypes: death toll - the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
    same as: price, toll
Verb
  1. Be priced at (synset 202708368)
    "These shoes cost $100"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes: knock back, put back, set back - cost a certain amount
    same as: be
  2. Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice (synset 202635042)
    "This mistake cost him his job"
    is a type of: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take - require as useful, just, or proper

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