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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.