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"cost" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often expense (7 letters).
Definitions
Price; sacrifice required
Word origin
From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin cōstō, from Latin cōnstō (“stand together”).
Used in a sentence
“This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.”
“It will cost you a lot of money to take a trip around the world.”
“Trying to rescue the man from the burning building cost them their lives.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Amount due”4 letters
02“Amount on a bill”4 letters
03“Amount on the tag”4 letters
04“Price”4 letters
05“Price paid”4 letters
06“Price tag figure”4 letters
07“Price to pay”4 letters
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