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    1. eventually failed in their bid at the cost of al the lives onboard both vessels


    2. The fact that there were a lot more eyes available made the price come down, but eye-time still wasn't without significant cost to the average plots-man like himself


    3. money towards the cost of the dol


    4. They cost more than a natural quilt, but can be kept clean outdoors


    5. what we call big sins and they can cost us heaven


    6. Avoid chemicals at all cost! Learning to grow without using chemicals is not as scary as it seems nor is it impossible


    7. Instead of saying avoid chemicals at all cost, I suggest not using any chemicals that can harm you and your environment


    8. The cost to build a Snail Cafe is minimal


    9. Professional services of trained counselors may also be made available free of cost to senior citizens who are in the grip of anxiety, depression, grief arising out of bereavement and conflicts due to problematic relationships with family members


    10. I’m unhappily married to a freeloading spider who just squats around the web doing nothing but waste his precious energy and cost me precious sleep

    11. disobeyed Him, which cost him to enter and possess


    12. Human nature is such that he always tries to benefit at the cost of others and in the process if palms have to be greased, it is accepted and in some cases even encouraged to take undue advantage of the loopholes


    13. The goods that cost you Rs 5,000 today would cost you over Rs 16,000, 20 years down the line if an average inflation rate of 6% is considered


    14. Over a long period of a few years some share show a consistent growth, some show ups and downs around a mean value, some show a persistent fall in value and quite a few just vanish out of market or are quoted at a value which is not worth the cost of paper on which the share certificate is printed


    15. Chemical fertilizers kill off the beneficial soil bacteria, as well as killing off earthworms and therefore should not be used, should be avoided at all cost! In this environment, the lawn and its bio-system will be operating under stress


    16. The cost of a new phone wasn't something he could permit himself these days


    17. ‘But that must have cost a fortune


    18. What on earth could a soul cost, then?


    19. Few natives have the money for a voice link, even now that our visit has brought the cost down by a factor of a thousand, most just send mail and few send it more than a couple times a year


    20. He tried to calculate what hundred year old scotch would have cost a mortal

    21. Since the stuff was now nothing more than encoded sensation levels, this applet probably cost less than twenty bucks


    22. The semiconductor business was trying to make a comeback by putting more functionality into the optical and more-or-less permanent part of the system and a cheap, replaceable 'yingolian crystal' that cost less than an iron


    23. A kayak or needleboat could have gone under the dock and cost a lot less, he had to pay for a yacht berth


    24. ‘Oh no … he was comfortable, I suppose you’d say … he’d inherited some property when his parents died and I know he used that towards the cost of Abery Hall but other than that, he’s just worked and earned


    25. Have food stamps saved anyone? Has anyone been better off in life because they have health insurance? Does life get easier when we have these conveniences? Our tax money goes to pay for things like health insurance, food stamps, social security, Medicare, upkeep of unused buildings (that could be used to shelter the homeless if our Government really did care about us), great scientific studies like whether sick shrimp perform as well on a treadmill as healthy shrimp (this is a real study funded by the Government – it cost about 15 million dollars), army expenses, paying off the interest on our nation’s debt, veteran’s benefits, and government jobs such as postal workers or police officers


    26. They cost you nothing


    27. I glance at my man – that is going to cost him dearly


    28. He knew where the hatching grounds were; it had cost the lives of many of the females, but they finally told him what he wanted to know


    29. Entry criteria were argued about and the cost of his treatment at the expense of the public purse became an issue for some of the more garrulous members of the establishment


    30. Scientology is here to make money and some of the data is true but should cost nothing, since the information is all around us for free if we look

    31. “What will that cost you?”


    32. Jewelry is an appropriate gift for you to give to your girlfriend on Valentine’s Day as long as the cost and type of gift is commensurate with the stage of your current relationship


    33. This, obviously, will cost money and, if the truth is not discovered quickly, it can cost you a lot of money


    34. But the cost was great as Lester lost his wife in the battle


    35. The bat cost us a hundred and sixty,


    36. They do this at no cost to your organization


    37. Your average cost will be ten thousand a month,' I


    38. deserves as much as the cost of a fountain pen?'


    39. The true cost is a round one lakh forty


    40. However, Jane is on a roll now and refuses to let a little thing like my shock at finding a pair of knickers can cost £40 stand in the way of finding me something pretty

    41. The call would have cost something


    42. “Lord Tarak, First Kai, what I have to tell you may cost me my life


    43. Lawrence, an ancient cyborg who had imported the first of the Brazilian pills at any cost


    44. I saved his life, but my one second of delay cost him his gift


    45. cost of his treatment at the expense of the public purse became an


    46. damage and hurt, this protection came at a cost


    47. an undesirable cost at the end then consider whether or not you should take


    48. ‘Oh it cost a pretty penny, I can tell you


    49. The current contractor tried to shovel all the blame for the extra cost onto the original firm and, although there are some grounds for that, there is also the fact that the new mob haven't been putting their back into the job, but using their work force on a very lucrative housing development instead


    50. the cost, God will defend you for it














































    1. " Ennin loved the game so that was a disaster for him, costing him another couple irons a year


    2. Still, good manners kept her locked in place even if it ended up costing her life


    3. This is three times more than systems costing ten times as much


    4. She had planned for alternatives with this meeting ending with shouting about what an ass he was for costing her the partnership with Jorma and even some slamming of doors


    5. give your illness to others at work, costing the company in more lost


    6. [cost, costed, costed] to estimate the price of making a product - costing n


    7. noticeable as the ball will fly the green, costing the golfer a shot


    8. She was concerned about how much it was costing for her up keep in this assisted living home


    9. It is easy to identify in the tides and currents of history times when lack of courage and resolve to confront a threat in its initial impulse ended up costing catastrophically more in its final unraveling


    10. been designated and led to a construction delay costing $250,000

    11. Wining and dining is a treat, from economical, delicious Thai food to culinary extravaganzas from all over the world, costing a great deal, and the choice is yours


    12. Inclusion of fundraisings to cover the costing of


    13. ” Antiques were a status symbol and usually referred to highly polished fragile items costing vast amounts of money


    14. Unappreciated at the time, and costing as little as the cheapest mass-produced furniture, my purchase of these apparently odd items had marked me out as eccentric After the restoration process that came with these purchases, they were appreciated by everyone else and approached the category of antiques


    15. The members find it quite amusing that their despicable actions have the entire East End of London in a state of panic, are costing the country thousands of pounds in police overtime and have even caused the Queen herself to comment on the situation


    16. Government schools are teaching less and costing more


    17. with TV's, radios, computers and hi-tech equipment costing pennies on the


    18. Producing content without taking the time to understand your target audience will end up costing you customers because your prospects will start to avoid your communications since they are getting more relevant information from your competitors


    19. wardrobe can end up costing you $2,400, but you’ll never realize it because the true cost is


    20. The fairy shrimp is another species that has been designated and led to a construction delay costing $250,000

    21. 5-MW wind towers (costing $150-300 billion) would be necessary to meet the DOE's goal of a mere 5% of the country's electricity from wind by 2010


    22. With 20/20 hindsight, I should have recognized that for the hyperbole it was and omitted a few items that wound up costing me the job


    23. By 1987, they had grown to 152 earmarks, costing $1


    24. 1991, the number mushroomed to 538, costing $6 billion


    25. or another spread out over 39 departments and agencies, costing


    26. With a bit of ingenuity and advice you could start up without it costing you anything or very much, those costs will come later, but be assured, they will come


    27. To work out the costing for this new roof


    28. if the case went to trial, it could end up costing upwards


    29. It was a Cuban hand wrapped Corona Especial costing two dollars green


    30. it was all going to come to me without costing anyone a single

    31. phrases costing over $2


    32. they will end up costing you money


    33. 'conversion' means to you and then uses that to calculate what it is costing you to make a


    34. top of the list, that are costing advertisers the most per click


    35. provide universal coverage costing no more than 15% of GDP


    36. care type plan that would accrue monies to the providers for care costing less


    37. estimates that over 300 lobbyists are at work costing various stake-holders


    38. burden that is costing jobs while lowering the standard of living of the middle


    39. "This is probably costing you a whole lot of money…"


    40. "You know how much this is costing my parents!" Quinn started

    41. So employees are costing businesses a lot more than they first thought, and there’s nothing they can do about it!


    42. writing? Or is it just a hobby, costing you more in


    43. full display ads costing thousands in magazines, where the copywriter and everyone


    44. 78 per copy thus costing the author/publisher/client a total


    45. Activity Based Costing (ABC)


    46. „Fair? Fair? This is costing me money! You promised that if I got Max out of the way, ArtWorks would be able to move in


    47. No one thought in a million years that it would wind up costing any one of them their lives


    48. Even more tragic, Anna’s response to her own struggles at school would deem her unable to attend the class that could have provided her with the skills to handle her boyfriend more effectively during the argument that wound up costing her, her life


    49. “How much is she costing you, boy?” That was it


    50. ” He sighed deeply, “Even if it is costing us a million pounds he is worth every penny













































    1. of the ‘ageing’ population, both on account of increased lifespan for pension and social security and higher healthcare costs


    2. In US, there is debate on rising healthcare costs


    3. Not a poison; all poisons should be avoided at all costs! Can also prevent dogs and cats from coming near your property


    4. It is economical for all families as the integrated costs are considerably less than the addition of individual households when living separately


    5. I daresay she didn’t intend for it to come over so clearly, and maybe I am being over-sensitive but I felt it all the same … Well, if the only job I can get is in Taunton, I’ll just have to move back to Bridgwater … at least that will cut my travelling costs


    6. Since the beginning of the year she had been talking me into buying her a certain blouse, which costs 12,000 drachmas, as a present for her birthday -which was yesterday


    7. Smile, it costs you nothing and it real y lights up a person"s face


    8. few watering stations at all costs and only take a sip or two at the other stations


    9. This in turn leads to a lecture from Wiesse on how important this waterway is as an artery to the West Country, stressing how vital it is for local commerce and going into incredible and extremely boring detail about how it is maintained and how much it costs


    10. Depends on what it costs

    11. Another method is to conduct your own investigation and this only costs you time and


    12. His argument is that I’ve given him a chance to have a day out not only in entertaining company but also in a beautiful part of the country and must therefore allow him to contribute towards the costs


    13. He showed Heymon the itemized list, fabrication costs only


    14. Indeed, with the decline in rental income caused by the ever increasing costs of insurance, red tape and health and safety initiatives, great-aunt Edith had financed some of the finer pieces in the apartment, including a real Ming chrysanthemum pot and a small Lowry, through her prowess at conducting phishing expeditions across the global email network in search of the details of other people’s bank accounts


    15. The audits are necessary to make sure that Federal dollars have been spent properly on legitimate costs


    16. And it costs a bomb


    17. If it costs you: hold


    18. costs lots of money, but when you figure in how much your time is worth, it is by


    19. in rental income caused by the ever increasing costs of insurance,


    20. Keeping costs down

    21. “If we are full during the Summer Season, we'll be putting $1,400 against the costs we incurred building the bungalows


    22. Explained clearly, as she had done with her family, the costs, benefits, and allowances which might be arranged, and then sat quietly for her new friend's considered response


    23. The messenger costs would have been too high and few have the determination to correspond using a ‘for pickup’ box


    24. All it costs is the fence and we brought that with us


    25. “Because we must protect it!” Suzie said, as they came up and approached the Impenetrable Cavern, “The Spirit of the Valley told us that the Impenetrable Cavern and its secrets must be protected at all costs


    26. One suit without the vast it costs about thousand Hong Kong dollars


    27. Daycare costs more in our and Starbucks pays my wife believe it or not


    28. "I want all the current reports on the reservations, payrolls, occupancy, and a breakdown of the food and beverage costs


    29. After a little maintenance neglect, the resurrection costs exceed the cost of commercially available space that has been properly maintained and operating and kept its value


    30. But though the wear and tear of a free servant be equally at the expense of his master, it generally costs him much less than that of a slave

    31. bring grocery goods to the great town than to the country village ; but it costs a great deal


    32. An ox there, he says, costs little more than the labour of catching him


    33. If the court upholds the agreement to pay in Ort he will not have a ducit left to pay, it will have gone in fees and costs


    34. In the present commercial state of the known world, the most barbarous nations, I believe, among whom land property is established, have some foreign commerce of this kind, and find among their wealthier neighbours such a demand for all the materials of clothing, which their land produces, and which can neither be wrought up nor consumed at home, as raises their price above what it costs to send them to those wealthier neighbours


    35. It costs us over two irons a year for cooking and hot water in our home


    36. It does not cost less labour to bring silver to the great town than to the remote parts of the country; but it costs a great deal more to bring corn


    37. It does not cost less labour to bring silver to Amsterdam than to Dantzic ; but it costs a great deal more to bring corn


    38. It costs more labour, and therefore more money, to bring first the materials, and afterwards the complete manufacture to market


    39. There is scarce any commodity which brings a better price there; or which, in proportion to the quantity of labour and commodities which it costs in Europe


    40. ‘That costs more,’ said Marie, not bothering to hide

    41. As it costs a greater quantity of labour and subsistence to bring them to market, so, when they are brought thither they represent, or are equivalent to a greater quantity


    42. The people of Earth who remain biological can only lust after that, for those who are virtual it costs next to nothing


    43. They are the only one of the three orders whose revenue costs them neither labour nor care, but comes to them, as it were, of its own accord, and independent of any plan or project of their own


    44. The acquisition of such talents, by the maintenance of the acquirer during his education, study, or apprenticeship, always costs a real expense, which is a capital fixed and realized, as it were, in his person


    45. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labour, and which, though it costs a certain expense, repays that expense with a profit


    46. Circulation comes to be carried on by a new wheel, which it costs less both to erect and to maintain than the old one


    47. company taking care of this for you, it still costs


    48. Take a look at not only how much your product costs, but what influence


    49. You must educate your customers about why your product costs the


    50. to help calculate renovation costs for builders, real estate agents or














































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    Synonyms for "cost"

    cost monetary value price toll be loss forfeiture damage hurt forfeit detriment deprivation pain value amount charge payment expenditure expense outlay obligate expect necessitate valued at

    "cost" definitions

    the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor


    the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)


    value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something


    be priced at


    require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice