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n.
1) to bear a ~; to pay ~s; to spare no ~
2) to cut, reduce ~s
3) to estimate; put, set a ~ at (he put the ~ at one hundred dollars)
4) court; direct; fixed; indirect; overhead ~s (who will pay the court ~s?)
5) a high ~ (the high ~ of energy)
6) a unit ~
7) at a certain ~ (at any ~; at all ~s; at the ~ of his health; at a terrible ~; at no ~ to the taxpayer)
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v.
1) ( O ; may be used with one inanimate object) it ~ us ten dollars; it ~ ten dollars
2) ( P ; with an animate object) his blunder ~ us dearly
3) ( misc. ) it ~s (us) five thousand dollars a year to maintain this house