at a considerable cost

  • 1cost — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money needed to buy sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, high ▪ The high cost of energy was a problem for consumers. ▪ enormous, exorbitant, huge, prohibitive …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 2cost — 1 noun 1 MONEY PAID (C) the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something: I ll give you $15 to cover the cost of the gas. | at a cost of: The new building s going up at a cost of $82 million. | high/low cost: a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3cost — The opposite of revenue. An expense that reflects the price of purchasing goods, services and financial instruments. A cash cost means that cash is given up today to the purchase. Also, the purchase price of an investment, which is compared to… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 4Cost of goods sold — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …

    Wikipedia

  • 5considerable — /keuhn sid euhr euh beuhl/, adj. 1. rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide. 2. worthy of respect, attention, etc.; important; distinguished: a… …

    Universalium

  • 6considerable — adj. Considerable is used with these nouns: ↑accomplishment, ↑accuracy, ↑achievement, ↑acumen, ↑advance, ↑advantage, ↑agility, ↑alarm, ↑amount, ↑antiquity, ↑anxiety, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 7Customer Cost — refers not only to the price of a product, but also encompasses the purchase costs as well as use costs and post use costs. Purchase costs mainly consist of the cost of searching for a product, gathering information about it and obtaining it. The …

    Wikipedia

  • 8Agency cost — An agency cost is an economic concept on the cost incurred by an organization that is associated with problems such as divergent management shareholder objectives and information asymmetry. The costs consist of two main sources: 1. The costs… …

    Wikipedia

  • 9The Cost of Living (Lost) — El Precio de Vivir (título orginal: The Cost of Living) es el capítulo N° 5 de la Tercera Temporada de Lost. Un delirante Eko lucha con demonios de su pasado, mientras Locke y otros supervivientes se dirigen a La Perla una de las estaciones de la …

    Wikipedia Español

  • 10Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …

    Universalium