| cost | (noun) the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) | Synonyms: monetary value, price |
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| (noun) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | Synonyms: price, toll |
| (noun) the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor | - |
| (verb) be priced at | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | - |
| costa | (noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | Synonyms: rib |
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| (noun) a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing) | - |
| costal | (adjective) of or relating to or near a rib | - |
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| costalgia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: pleuralgia, pleurodynia |
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| costate | (adjective) having ribs | - |
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| (adjective) (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture | Synonyms: ribbed |
| costermonger | (noun) a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow | Synonyms: barrow-boy, barrow-man |
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| costia | (noun) a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis | Synonyms: Costia necatrix |
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| costiasis | (noun) a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin | - |
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| costing | (noun) cost accounting | - |
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| costive | (adjective) retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating | - |
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| costless | (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, free, gratis, gratuitous |
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| costliness | (noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value | Synonyms: dearness, preciousness |
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| costly | (adjective) having a high price | Synonyms: dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy |
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| (adjective) entailing great loss or sacrifice | Synonyms: dearly-won |
| costmary | (noun) leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings | - |
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| (noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita |
| costochondritis | (noun) inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage | - |
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| costs | (noun) pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation | - |
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| costume | (noun) the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball | - |
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| (noun) the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class | - |
| (noun) unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place | - |
| (noun) the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments) | - |
| (verb) dress in a costume | Synonyms: dress up |
| (verb) furnish with costumes; as for a film or play | - |
| costumed | (adjective) dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class | - |
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| costumer | (noun) someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade) | Synonyms: costume designer, costumier |
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| costumier | (noun) someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade) | Synonyms: costume designer, costumer |
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| costusroot | (noun) annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs | Synonyms: Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa |
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