cost
noun
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.
costless
-
a word derived from
cost.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
UPI may feel free, but it is not costless.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Being a costless byproduct has created a high tolerance for low prices and situations when gas is treated more like a nuisance than a coveted fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Banks would still have access to liquidity when needed, but holding large overnight reserve balances would no longer be costless.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
They found that costless approaches generally resulted in a positive stock market reaction, and contrary to expectations, losses from not investing as much up-front in building up product hype could be compensated after the release.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
The aeroplane and the nearly costless mobile car have abolished trade routes; a common language and a universal law have abolished a thousand restraining inconveniences, and so an astonishing dispersal of habitations has begun.
From The World Set Free by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
