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cost (Expenses), noun business expense, charge, expenditure, legal expense, money expended, obligation incurred, outgo, outlay, overhead, payment, running expense
Associated concepts: awarding costs, bill of costs, costs and disbursements
cost (Penalty), noun amercement, bereavement, damages, fine, forfeiture, harm, impairment, injury, loss, penal retribution, penalization, penance, privation, punishment, sacrifice, unfortunate consequence
Associated concepts: court costs, treble costs
cost (Price), noun appraisal, asking price, assessment, carrying charge, charge, consideration, expensiveness, face value, high worth, impensa, mark up, marked price, purrhase price, quotation, quoted price, reckoning, sum asked for, valuation, value
Associated concepts: accrued costs, actual cost, all costs, cost basis, cost of administration, cost of doing business, cost of materials, cost of repair, cost of replacement, cost-plus contract, costs and expenses, costs of suit, fixed costs, full costs, legal costs, legitimate cost, marginal cost, operating costs, sheriff's costs, total cost, wholesale cost
See also: bill, charge, detriment, expenditure, fee, forfeiture, invoice, loss, maintenance, outlay, overhead, penalty, price, rate, rent, toll, upkeep, value, worth


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Bush's "daydreams" could end up costing dearly not only the United States and NATO, but also the entire free world, Haidar said.
No matter the outcome, the troubles in the decade-long program speak volumes about the unintended consequences of procurement reforms that were supposed to save the Pentagon billions of dollars but have ended up costing dearly.
But this is their second successive home loss, their failure to convert first half try scoring opportunities costing dearly.
 
 
 
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