cost
noun
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.
had cost
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past perfectof cost.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Rising fuel prices are hitting businesses, with the owner of a vehicle breakdown service saying prices had cost his business between £9,000 and £11,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I realised everything it had cost me -- all those hospitalisations, those surgeries, the schooling I missed and, above all, those pains I had never associated with that damn IUD," said Kirstine Najarak Berthelsen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Russell said a mistake in Turn Eight on his final run had cost him as the tyres got too hot and he was unable to keep improving.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The temporary program had cost the government $9.8 billion in 2025 and 2026, according to the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bright shades of blue, emerald, and soft brown, her gown and matching peacock mask had cost as much as a small house.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
