Cost

kost, v.t. to bring a certain price: to require to be laid out or suffered:— pa.t. and pa.p. cost.— n. what is laid out or suffered to obtain anything: ( pl. ) expenses of a lawsuit.— adj. Cost′-free , free of charge.— n. Cost′line .— adv. Cost′ly , of great cost: high-priced: valuable.— Cost price , the price which the merchant pays.— Prime cost , the price of production, without regard to profit. [O. Fr. couster (Fr. coûter )—L. constāre , to stand at.]