the price paid or charged for something

the expenditure, e.g. of effort or sacrifice, made to achieve an objective

the loss or penalty incurred in gaining something

(in pl) expenses incurred in litigation, esp those ordered by the court to be paid to the successful party

to have a price of (a specified amount)

informal to have a high price for (somebody)

to cause (somebody) to pay, suffer, or lose something

Frequent absences cost him his job

Your suggestion would cost us too much time

(past tense and past part. costed) to estimate or set the cost of (something)