Main Entry: ²cost

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): 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 losstransitive 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