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A rib; a side; a region or coast.

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  1. n. A rib; a side; a region or coast.
  2. n. See Cottise.
  3. imp. & p. p. of Cost
  4. v. t. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.
  5. v. t. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
  6. v. t. The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit.
  7. v. t. Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.
  8. v. t. Expenses incurred in litigation.
  9. n. the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
  10. n. the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
  11. n. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
  12. v. be priced at