Definition of cost

• n. - A rib; a side; a region or coast.
• n. - See Cottise.
• imp. & p. p. - of Cost
• v. t. - To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.
• v. t. - To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
• v. t. - The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.
• v. t. - Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.
• v. t. - Expenses incurred in litigation.