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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

費用

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hiyō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cost/kɒst/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #250 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"旅行の費用を計算する必要があります。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The effort, loss, or sacrifice necessary to achieve or obtain something.

    "Victory came at a heavy cost in human lives."
As verb
  1. 1

    To require the payment of a specified sum of money to be bought or done.

    "How much does this new smartphone cost?"
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'couster' and noun 'cost', stemming from the Latin 'constare' meaning 'to stand at' or 'to cost' (from 'com-' together + 'stare' to stand). It entered the English language in the late 13th century, initially relating to the price or expense required to acquire something.

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