COST (2)

cost (2). Cost, v.i. cost, pret. cost, pa. to be bought or procured for

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Cost (kŏst; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cost; p. pr. & vb. n. Costing.] [[OF. coster, couster, F. coûter, fr. L. constare to stand at, to cost; con- + stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Constant.]] 1. 1. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.
A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats. Shak. Though it cost me ten nights' watchings. Shak. 2. 2. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe. Milton. To cost dear, to require or occasion a large outlay of money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.