cost

coûter

Nécessiter le paiement d’une certaine somme pour être acheté ou utilisé.

En anglais simple : If something does this, you must pay a particular amount of money to buy or use it.

• This bag costs twenty euros.
• How much did your ticket cost?
• The repairs will cost us a lot.

Comment l'utiliser : cost someone an amount (The repairs cost me two hundred pounds.)

Expressions courantes : cost ten dollars, cost a fortune, cost too much, cost five pounds

coûter, faire perdre

Faire perdre à quelqu’un quelque chose de précieux ou lui faire subir une conséquence indésirable.

En anglais simple : To make someone lose something valuable or suffer an unwanted result.

• His careless comment cost him a friend.
• The delay cost us the contract.
• Could one mistake cost her the race?

Comment l'utiliser : cost someone something (That mistake cost him his job.)

Expressions courantes : cost someone something, cost a life, cost someone everything

chiffrer, évaluer le coût

Calculer la somme nécessaire pour un projet, un service ou une activité.

En anglais simple : To calculate how much money a project, service, or activity will require.

• Please cost the repairs.
• The builder costed the work yesterday.
• Have you costed the whole project yet?

Comment l'utiliser : cost something at an amount (They costed the repairs at three thousand pounds.); cost something out (We must cost the project out before approving it.)

Synonymes : price, estimate

Expressions courantes : cost a project, cost the work, cost something out

prix, coût

Somme payée pour acheter ou utiliser quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The amount of money you pay to buy or use something.

• What is the cost of delivery?
• The total cost was fifty pounds.
• We compared the costs of several hotels.

Comment l'utiliser : the cost of something (The cost of the ticket includes lunch.)

Synonymes : price, charge

Expressions courantes : cost of something, total cost, extra cost

coût, dépense

Argent, temps ou autres ressources nécessaires ou utilisés pour faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The money, time, or other resources needed or used to do something.

• The cost of running the factory is rising.
• This method saves both time and labor costs.
• We underestimated the cost of developing the software.

Comment l'utiliser : the cost of doing something (We calculated the cost of building a new school.)

Synonymes : expense, expenditure

Expressions courantes : production cost, cost of something, at no cost

prix, coût

Dommage ou perte qui résulte d’une action ou d’une réussite.

En anglais simple : The harm or loss caused by doing or achieving something.

• The victory came at a terrible cost.
• We must consider the human cost of war.
• He gained power at the cost of his friendships.

Comment l'utiliser : at the cost of something (She achieved success at the cost of her health.); at a cost to someone/something (The road was built at a cost to local wildlife.)

Synonymes : price, sacrifice

Expressions courantes : at a cost, at the cost, human cost