cost

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa. Doublet of coast and cuesta.

1. A rib; a side.

   “betwixt the costs of a ship”

2. A cottise.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō (“stand together”).

1. To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

   “This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.”

   “It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.”

2. To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.

   “Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.”

   “the packaging of home-delivered products now accounts for 30% of the solid rubbish the US generates annually, and the cardboard alone costs 1bn trees.”

3. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

   “to do him wanton rites, which cost them woe”

   “LUKE: "That little droid is going to cost me a lot of trouble."”

4. To calculate or estimate a price.

   “I'd cost the repair work at a few thousand.”

5. To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.

   “I can give you the names, but it'll cost you.”

   “That's going to cost you!”