English > cost: 5 senses > noun 1, possession| Meaning | The total / total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
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| Narrower | borrowing cost | The cost of borrowing something |
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| capital expenditure | The cost of long-term improvements |
| charge | The price charged for some article or service |
| cost of living | average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing) |
| cost overrun | excess of cost over budget |
| distribution cost | Any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor / distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc) |
| expense, disbursal, disbursement | Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) |
| handling cost, handling charge | 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) |
| opportunity cost | cost in terms of foregoing alternatives |
| payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
| portage | The cost of carrying or transporting / transporting |
| price, terms, damage | The amount of money needed to purchase something |
| price | cost of bribing someone |
| production cost | combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods |
| ransom, ransom money | money demanded for the return of a captured person |
| replacement cost | current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness |
| reproduction cost, physical value | cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation) |
| unit cost | calculated cost for a given unit of a product |
| Broader | outgo, spending, expenditure, outlay | money paid out |
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| Spanish | coste, costo |
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| Catalan | cost |
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| Verbs | cost | be priced at |
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