cost
noun
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.
costless
-
a word derived from
cost.
Example Sentences
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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
Forcing it to blink is not a costless enterprise, but buckling is not costless either.
From Slate ● May 18, 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
If, therefore, the good to be obtained be worthy of a passive, rational, and costless revolution, it would be bad policy to prefer waiting for a calamity that should force a violent one.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Moncure Daniel Conway
