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# cost

verb (cost, costs, cost, costing); noun (a cost, costs)

«cost» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To cost is to have a price: what you must pay to buy something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#m1)
2. The cost is the price or the amount paid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#m2)
3. To cost can mean to make you lose something: «Being late cost us the game». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#m3)

### In the lessons

the price of one thing, or of all things bought: the cost of many = the number × the price of one; phrases: «costs N each», «the total cost», «how much does it cost», «at all costs» (no matter what)

### Examples

- A pencil costs 3 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x1)
- Pencils cost 3 cents each. How much do 5 pencils cost? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x2)
- The total cost is 24 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x3)
- How much does this book cost? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x4)
- The tickets cost 8 dollars each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x5)
- The bike cost more than the scooter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x6)
- The cost of food went up this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x7)
- One mistake cost us the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x8)
- "Will it cost much, I wonder?" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/#x9)

### Note

Past: cost (the same). The cost of many = the number × the price of one. Trap: if the total cost and the number are given, the price of one is total ÷ number. «How much» is used with money, not «how many».

## In Jewish tradition

the price of one thing, or of all things bought: the cost of many = the number × the price of one; phrases: «costs N each», «the total cost», «how much does it cost», «at all costs» (no matter what)

### Examples

- Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life. (Writings PRO.7.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cost/#x1)
- And king David said to Ornan: 'Nay, but I will verily buy it for the full price; for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.' (Writings 1CH.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cost/#x2)

### Note

Past: cost (the same). The cost of many = the number × the price of one. Trap: if the total cost and the number are given, the price of one is total ÷ number. «How much» is used with money, not «how many».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cost.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cost.html) on Mova free.