cost Significado & definición

Significado de cost en español

• 0 the amount of money that you need to buy or do something -- coste, precio

  • The cost of rail travel is terrible.

• 1 If something must be done at all costs, it is very important that it is done. -- a todo coste

  • We have to succeed at all costs.

• 2 If something costs a particular amount of money, you have to pay that in order to buy or do it. -- costar

  • How much do these shoes cost?

  • It costs $5 to send the package by airmail.

• 3 to cause someone to lose something valuable -- costar

  • Drinking and driving costs lives (= can cause death).

  • His affairs cost him his marriage.

• 4 to be extremely expensive -- valer un riñón

  • I’d love to buy a new car, but they cost an arm and a leg.

• 5 the amount of money needed for sth -- costo [ masculine ]

  • The cost of housing has risen by 10%. El coste de la vivienda ha aumentado un 10%.

  • services provided at a cost of $800 los servicios prestados por un costo de 800 dólares

  • the costs involved in running a business los costes involucrados en la gestión de un negocio

  • the high cost of health care el alto costo del cuidado de la salud

  • insurance that covers the cost of long hospital stays seguro que cubre el costo de largas estadías en el hospital

• 6 the effort, suffering, or loss that doing sth involves -- precio [ masculine ]

  • the cost of freedom el precio de la libertad

  • The war continues at a cost of 1200 lives. La guerra continúa con un costo de 1200 vidas.

  • Avoid the busy highways at all costs. Evita las carreteras concurridas a toda costa.

  • athletes who are determined to win at any cost atletas que están decididos a ganar a cualquier precio

• 7 legal expenses -- costes

  • He was ordered to pay costs. Se le ordenó pagar los costes.

• 8 (of an object or activity) to have a particular price -- costar

  • flowers that cost $10 a bunch flores que cuestan 10 dólares por manojo

  • How much will it cost me to take the train? ¿Cuánto me costará coger el tren?

• 9 to require sb to give up sth important -- costar

  • His decision almost cost him his life. Su decisión casi le cuesta la vida.

  • behavior that cost her her job comportamiento que le costó su trabajo

• 10 to calculate the price of sth -- calcular el coste de

  • a fully costed design proposal una propuesta de diseño totalmente presupuestada