Definisi : ~ so. dear (ly), membawa bencana kpd sso: his impulsiveness ~ him dear, kegopohannya membawa bencana kpd dirinya; ~ so. st, a. cause so. to spend a sum of money, sso mengeluarkan wang: the house ~ him $70,000, dia mengeluarkan wang $70,000 utk rumah itu; b. cause so. to lose st, mengorbankan sst: the attempt ~ him his life, percubaan itu telah mengorbankan nyawanya; c. cause so. to bear st, [various translations]: the assignment ~ him a lot of trouble, tugasan itu menyebabkan dia mengalami banyak kesulitan; the book ~ the writer much labour, buku itu menuntut tenaga yg banyak drpd penulisnya; it ~s nothing, (fig.) tdk merugikan: it ~s nothing to be civil, tdk merugikan kalau berbudi bahasa; it’ll ~ (you), mahal; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : vt 1. be priced at, berharga: these eggs ~ ten cents each, telur ini berharga 10 sen sebiji; 2. estimate price, expenditure, menentukan kos: ~ing the new stock, menentukan kos simpanan baru; 3. require, involve, memerlukan: compiling a dictionary ~s much time and patience, menyusun kamus memerlukan banyak masa dan kesabaran; 4. result in the loss of, mengorbankan: the civil war ~ many lives, perang saudara itu telah mengorbankan banyak nyawa; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : vi incur expenditure, menelan belanja: the highway project ~s too much, projek lebuh raya ini menelan belanja yg begitu banyak; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : ~ price, harga kos; at ~, dgn harga kos: to sell at ~, menjual dgn harga kos; at any ~, at all ~s, dgn apa cara sekalipun: we must finish this work at all ~s, kita mesti siapkan kerja ini dgn apa cara sekalipun; count the ~, mengira akibatnya: he worked hard without counting the ~ to his health, dia bekerja kuat tanpa mengira akibatnya kpd kesihatannya; to o’s ~, setelah mengalami pengalaman pahit: I learnt to my ~ not to trust all and sundry, setelah mengalami pengalaman pahit saya menyedari bahawa tdk semua orang boleh dipercayai; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : n 1. price, charge, harga: the ~ of each book, harga setiap buku; 2. outlay, expense, kos: ~ of production, kos pengeluaran; fixed ~, kos tetap; labour ~s, kos buruh; marginal ~, kos marginal; 3. (in pl), (leg.) kos: the plaintiff was awarded ~s, plaintif itu dibayar kos; 4. sacrifice, pengorbanan: the ~ in human lives and suffering was great, pengorbanan dr segi jiwa dan penderitaan adalah besar; at the ~ of, sehingga mengorbankan: he saved his friend from the gallows at the ~ of his own life, dia menyelamatkan sahabatnya drpd tali gantung sehingga mengorbankan nyawanya sendiri; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)