cost; costing 1 : to have a price of : require payment of each ticket costs one dollar 2 : to cause one to pay, spend, or lose mistakes cost him his job

Costs are often underestimated, resulting in cost overruns during execution. Cost-plus pricing is where the price equals cost plus a percentage of overhead or profit margin.

COSTS definition: 1. the amount of money needed for a business or to do a particular job: 2. the amount of money…. Learn more.

If something costs a certain amount of money, you have to pay that amount of money in order to buy it, use it, or do it.

2 costs [plural] the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business The use of cheap labor helped to keep costs down. to cut/reduce costs running/operating/labor costs We have had to raise …

To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss: It costs more to live in the city.

A new car costs thousands of dollars, while in some places penny candy still only costs a penny per piece. Cost also means "cause a loss," as when a bad fumble costs your favorite football team the …

to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something. cost out, to calculate the cost of (a project, product, etc.) in advance: to cost out a major construction project.

Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent. The company admits its costs are still too high.

costed, cost, costing to estimate or determine costs, as of manufacturing something.