English Dictionary

cost

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒst/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. / A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

日本語の意味

（何かを行うために必要な）費用、経費、金額、時間などの必要なリソース / 行動や決定に伴って発生する、または求められる代償、損害、あるいは負の結果

We decided to postpone the project because the estimated cost exceeded our budget.

見積もり費用が予算を超えたため、プロジェクトを延期することにしました。

意味（1）

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

意味（2）

A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

Spending all your time working may earn you a lot of money at the cost of your health.

costs （ plural ）