costs
Translation
expenses, outgoings, legal fees
Examples
We need to reduce our running costs.
We need to reduce our running costs.
The company will cover all your costs.
The company will cover all your costs.
He was ordered to pay the legal costs.
He was ordered to pay the legal costs.
Grammar Patterns
((adjective)) costs We need to cut our operational costs.
to cover the costs The insurance will cover the costs.
Similar Words
Synonyms: expenses, charges, fees, outgoings
Etymology
Plural form of the noun 'cost'.
Memory Tips
'Costs' are all the different 'cost' items added together, like 'living costs' or 'legal costs'.