Meaning 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.