The airline company cited costs associated with the operations as the reason for its decision.

law Costs is the money given to a person who wins a legal case to pay for the cost of taking the matter to a law court.

If something costs a certain amount of money, you have to pay that amount of money in order to buy it, use it, or do it.

Costs are often underestimated, resulting in cost overruns during execution. Cost-plus pricing is where the price equals cost plus a percentage of overhead or profit margin.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Trade cost1 /kɒst $ kɒːst/ S1 W1 noun 1 [countable] the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce …

The Cost of Living in the United States A closer look at the national costs of living is needed to better understand costs across states. The average household in the United States spends $61,334 a year …

The corporation will pay all costs and expenses incurred with its written consent. The high cost of energy was a problem for consumers. We're hoping that we'll at least cover costs at the conference. What is …

To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss: It costs more to live in the city.

A new car costs thousands of dollars, while in some places penny candy still only costs a penny per piece. Cost also means "cause a loss," as when a bad fumble costs your favorite football team the …

Your costs are the total amount of money that you must spend on running your home or business. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent. The company admits its costs are still too high.