costless

Definition of Costless in English :

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Adjective

1. complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous

costing nothing

Example Sentences:
'complimentary tickets'
'free admission'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Costless

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noun

1.

the price paid or required for acquiring, producing, or maintaining something, usually measured in money, time, or energy; expense or expenditure; outlay

2.

suffering or sacrifice; loss; penalty

count the cost to your health

I know to my cost

3.

a.

the amount paid for a commodity by its seller

to sell at cost

b.

(as modifier)

the cost price

4. (plural) law

the expenses of judicial proceedings

5. at any cost

6. at the cost of

verbWord forms: costs, costing or cost

7. (transitive)

to be obtained or obtainable in exchange for (money or something equivalent); be priced at

the ride cost one pound

8.

to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or sacrifice (of)

the accident cost him dearly

9.

to estimate the cost of (a product, process, etc) for the purposes of pricing, budgeting, control, etc

Costless

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verb transitiveWord forms: cost or ˈcosting

1.

a.

to be obtained or obtainable for (a certain price); be priced at

b.

to cause or require the expenditure, loss, or experience of

victory cost him his health

orig. construed as a vi. with the apparent object an adverbial adjunct, and still felt as a vi. when used with an adverb

it cost him dearly

2. Word forms: ˈcosted or ˈcosting Business

to estimate the cost of making, producing, carrying out, etc., as a product or program

often with out

verb intransitive

3. Informal

to be expensive

noun

4.

a.

the amount of money, etc. asked or paid for a thing; price

b.

the amount spent in producing or manufacturing a commodity

c.

the amount paid for something by a dealer, contractor, etc.: a markup is usually added to arrive at a selling price

stoves sold at cost in a sale

5.

a.

the amount of money, time, effort, etc. required to achieve an end

b.

loss, sacrifice; detriment

to smoke at the cost of one's health

6. [pl.]; Law

the expenses of a lawsuit, esp. those assessed by the court against the losing party

Costless

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n.

1. An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.

2. The expenditure of something, such as time or labor, necessary for the attainment of a goal: "Freedom to advocate unpopular causes does not require that such advocacy be without cost" (Milton Friedman).

3. costs Law Charges incurred in bringing litigation, including court fees and charges that may be payable by the losing party, but usually not including attorneys' fees.

v. cost, cost·ing, costs

v.intr.

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

v.tr.

1. To have as a price.

2. To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice: Participating in the strike cost me my job.

3. past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of: The accountants costed out our expenses.

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