costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year, A #£ A 100 'fZ.HI'lo 0 [VN
to inf] The hospital will cost an estimated £2 million to build. if H It
200 o It costs a
fortune to fly first class.
AH$$o 2 to cause the loss of sth l£i)t A; $it8A: [VNN] That one mistake almost cost him
his life. $|5 — /h ^ fl ¥ ^ iffc ^ # o o A late penalty cost
United the game (= meant that they did not win the game).
o [VN] The closure of the factory is
likely to cost 1 000
jobs.wmxr-%:m,
imm 1000
T o 3 [VNN] to involve you in making an effort
or doing sth unpleasant ft &
3? A ; 1# 7F 1t A W :
The accident cost me a visit to the doctor. $|S JA If 1# ISA^fT-o o Financial
worries cost her many sleepless nights. M A ^ A ^ Bfc 7c A A BS „
4 (costed, costed) [VN] [usually passive] ~
sth (out) to estimate how much money will be needed for sth or the price that
should be charged for sth jA^jAA; : The
project needs to be costed in detail. &
#£fll£Kl O Their
accountants have costed the
project at $8.1 million. M1W^i+WA^ilt7®I©JAAA 810 A Ao 0 Have
you costed out these proposals yet?
A % ^ #r # A.#J It ? — see also costing
IRTCl cost sb 'dear to make sb suffer a lot A; That
one mistake has cost him
dear over the years. T AH#}
ft jjj 0 it will 'cost you (informal) used to say that sth will be
expensive A i#
!M; Sc it ik £ ^: There is a de luxe model available, but it’ll cost
you. ffS^Ml^J, flit — more at arm n.
SYNONYMS
cost
be ♦ sell ♦ retail ♦ set
sb back sth
These
are all words that can be used when sth costs a particular amount of money and
you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it. 1U±#ia]#J#
cost if sth costs a particular amount of money,
you need to pay that amount in order to buy, make or do it T§ft$: How much did it cost?@
0 All these reforms will cost money (= be expensive). 0 This is costing
the taxpayer £10 billion a year. A^AlcAH^fftA
100 QM®.
be to cost |£ ,
ft: ‘How
much is that dress?’
‘Eighty dollars.’ ” “A A A* ”
sell to be sold at a particular price tA-jft
f&$j H: The painting sold for £10 000 at auction. A
retail (business) to be sold in a
shop/store at a particular price The
book retails at £14.95. A 14.95
SELL
OR RETAIL? ffl sell Km retail ?
Sell
is a more general word than retail which is used mostly in Business English,
and only for goods that are sold to the public through shops/stores. * sell $£
retail HA, retaili&B^ft^iS, set sb back sth {informal) to cost sb a particular
amount of money ^f£®AA$L The repairs
set him back over £200. i&MjftttW-it 200
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
How much does this cost/is this?
■
That costs/will set you back a lot of money.
■
The product sells/retails for/at £9.95.
'cost accounting noun [U] (business ft) the process of
recording and analysing the costs involved in running a business
cos tal /'kDstl; NAmE 'ka:stl/ adj. (anatomy ffl) connected with the ribs fljjjSPIft
'co-star noun, verb
■
noun one of two or more
famous actors who appear together in a film/movie or play ( ) $
mxmwim
m verb (-rr-) 1 [V] ~ (with sb) to
appear as one of the main actors with sb in a play or film/movie ( £ ^
a new movie in which Johnny
Depp co-stars with Winona Ryder i] i/i
m • 2 [VN] (of a film/movie
or play f£Jto have two or more famous
actors acting in it ( & JS. ft fi ) M. A A 'M, £ pt : a new movie co-starring
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder [i|
n/s •
‘cost-benefit noun [U] (economics #£) the relationship between the cost of
doing sth and the value of the benefit that results from it JA A i* : cost-benefit analysis J
'cost-cutting noun [U] the reduction of
the amount of money spent on sth, especially because of financial difficulty ( ) jA^&l$t: Deliveries of
mail could be delayed because
of cost-cutting. &-f ftJiH&JA A, 0 a cost-cutting exercise/
measure/programme
jA A
I'l M (Hj / ft M / it SI
.cost-effective
adj. giving the best possible
profit or benefits in comparison with the money that is spent ►.cost-effectiveness noun [U]
cos-termonger /'kDstamArjga(r); NAmE 'kaistarm-/ noun (BrE) (in the past) a person
who sold fruit and vegetables in the street ( IfcHttlft ) cost ing /'kDstirj; NAmE 'ka:st-/ noun an estimate of how much
money will be needed for sth A Ait 31: Here is a detailed costing of our
proposals. A A l\ i S ■ A ^ vMffl
AA'itJfo O You’d better do some costings. ft
M Aft -
mmm0
cost ly /'kDstli; NAmE ‘karst-/ adj. (cost lier,
cost-li-est) kidiu You can also use more costly and
most costly. A
A ID more costly ffl most costly 0 1 costing a lot of
money, especially more than
you want to pay t£ ^ (tfJ; HT1 expensive: Buying new
furniture may prove too costly. ^
C>
note at expensive 2 causing problems or the loss of sth
3l^fi)$[ft; AW
HTH expensive:
a costly mistake/failure A j& ji A © A f0 / A
O Mining can be costly in
terms of lives (= too many people can
die), f f % I J^l A W 4 i IA 0 ►
cost-li-ness noun [U]
the .cost of 'living noun [sing.] the amount of
money that people need to pay for food, clothing and somewhere to live A ^ A :
a
steady rise in the cost of living ^ ± f\ o the high cost of living in
.cost
'price noun [U] the cost of
producing sth or the price at which it is sold without profit JA Afft: Copies of the CD can be
purchased at cost price.
—
compare selling price
cos tume /'kDstjurm; NAmE 'karsturm/ noun 1 [C, U] the clothes
worn by people from a particular place or during a particular historical period
( AN-
$] £Kj ) |R ^ ^ ^ — see also national costume
2 [C, U] the clothes worn
by actors in a play or film/ movie, or worn by sb to make them look like sth
else ( $ ) A ^ ,
M &
: The actors were still
in costume and make-up. & 0 0
She has four costume changes during the play.
o He went to the party in a
giant chicken costume, flkJifTJA^R
A$ A#trt£-#J0
o a costume designer A ^ if W 3 [C] {BrE, informal) = SWIMMING COSTUME
COS-tumed
/'kDstjuimd;
NAmE 'ka:stu:md/
adj. [usually before noun] wearing a costume 'costume drama noun [C, U] a play or
film/movie set in the past
'costume jewellery noun [U] large heavy
jewellery that can look expensive but is made with cheap materials ( ) A