cost money

idiom

informal
: to be expensive
New equipment costs money.

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Use budget surpluses to provide meaningful tax relief rather than funding ever-larger government programs and find ways to save residents money…not new programs that cost money. Chip Monaco, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025 The policies sketched above will cost money. Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025 But building new power supplies and the wires to carry it will cost money. Scott Horsley, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025 Still, some people think activities that cost money are just more fun. Rachel Barber, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cost money

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“Cost money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20money. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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