COST Synonyms
There are 17 hypernyms of the word cost. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for COST
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| price | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) • United States operatic soprano (born 1927) • the amount of money needed to purchase something • value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something • the high value or worth of something • a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal • cost of bribing someone verb • determine the price of • ascertain or learn the price of | ||||||||
| toll | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges • value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something • the sound of a bell being struck verb • ring slowly • charge a fee for using | ||||||||
| charge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an impetuous rush toward someone or something • (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense • the price charged for some article or service • the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons • attention and management implying responsibility for safety • a special assignment that is given to a person or group • a person committed to your care • financial liabilities (such as a tax) • (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object • the swift release of a store of affective force • request for payment of a debt • a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something • an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence • heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield • a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time verb • to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle • blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against • demand payment • move quickly and violently • assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to • file a formal charge against • make an accusatory claim • fill or load to capacity • enter a certain amount as a charge • cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution • give over to another for care or safekeeping • pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt • lie down on command, of hunting dogs • cause to be agitated, excited, or roused • place a heraldic bearing on • provide (a device) with something necessary • direct into a position for use • impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to • instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence • instruct or command with authority • attribute responsibility to • set or ask for a certain price • cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on • energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge • saturate | ||||||||
| expenditure | nounn | |||||||
noun • money paid out; an amount spent • the act of spending money for goods or services • the act of consuming something | ||||||||
| expense | nounn | |||||||
noun • amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) • a detriment or sacrifice • money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer verb • reduce the estimated value of something | ||||||||
| fee | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services • an interest in land capable of being inherited verb • give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on | ||||||||
| outlay | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of spending or disbursing money • money paid out; an amount spent | ||||||||
| payment | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sum of money paid or a claim discharged • the act of paying money • an act of requiting; returning in kind | ||||||||
| value | nounn | |||||||
noun • a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed • the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable • the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else • relative darkness or lightness of a color • (music) the relative duration of a musical note • an ideal accepted by some individual or group verb • fix or determine the value of; assign a value to • hold dear • regard highly; think much of • evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of • estimate the value of | ||||||||
| worth | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895) • an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value • the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful adjective satellite • (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way • having a specified value | ||||||||
| be | verbv | |||||||
noun • a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element verb • have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) • be identical to; be someone or something • occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere • have an existence, be extant • happen, occur, take place • be identical or equivalent to • form or compose • work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function • represent, as of a character on stage • spend or use time • have life, be alive • to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form • be priced at | ||||||||
| monetary value | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) | ||||||||
