From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cost \Cost\ (k[o^]st; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cost}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Costing}.] [OF. coster, couster, F. co[^u]ter, fr. L.
constare to stand at, to cost; con- + stare to stand. See
{Stand}, and cf. {Constant}.]
1. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as
in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost,
expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket
cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.
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A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats. --Shak.
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Though it cost me ten nights' watchings. --Shak.
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2. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
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To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe.
--Milton.
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{To cost dear}, to require or occasion a large outlay of
money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
costing \costing\ n.
cost accounting. [British]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costing
n 1: cost accounting
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