Antonyms for costs

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kawst, kost

Phonetic Transcription : kɔst, kɒst

Definition of costs

Origin : c.1200, from Old French cost (12c., Modern French coût) "cost, outlay, expenditure; hardship, trouble," from Vulgar Latin *costare, from Latin constare, literally "to stand at" (or with), with a wide range of figurative senses including "to cost." The idiom is the same one used in Modern English when someone says something "stands at X dollars" to mean it sells for X dollars. The Latin word is from com- "with" (see com-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

noun expense; price paid
noun penalty, sacrifice
verb command a price of
verb harm; exact a penalty

Example sentences :

But Adriana will not accept the reproof: she will have her husband at all costs.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

The Zeppelin, for instance, costs more than $100,000 (these are official figures).
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

One of the costs to me was luncheon as well as peace of mind.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

They must keep their cartridges dry and advance at all costs.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

That woman should be taught what it costs to play the traitor.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I knew that he wasn't in a hurry to get married, as it costs money to keep a wife.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

It costs money to mend, and they say things don't stay mended.
Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

Civility,” said Lady Montague, “costs nothing and buys everything.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

You don't know what it costs us—not to be able to meet you—in that way!
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Why should women set up a new want—a new slavery—that costs money?
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Synonyms for costs

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