Possible Definitions:
1. Cost (n.) A rib; a side; a region or coast.
2. Cost (n.) See Cottise.
3. Cost (v. t.) 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.
4. Cost (v. t.) To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
5. Cost (v. t.) The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.
6. Cost (v. t.) Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.
7. Cost (v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation.
