n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: cost ; cost · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French custer, couster, from Latin constare to stand firm, cost ― more at CONSTANT
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1 : to require expenditure or payment <the best goods cost more>
2 : to require effort, suffering, or loss
transitive verb
1 : to have a price of
2 : to cause to pay, suffer, or lose something <frequent absences cost him his job>
3 past cost · ed : to estimate or set the cost of ― often used with out