| cost | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending | money paid out; an amount spent. |
| ~ disbursal, disbursement, expense | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). |
| ~ capital expenditure | the cost of long-term improvements. |
| ~ payment | a sum of money paid or a claim discharged. |
| ~ ransom, ransom money | money demanded for the return of a captured person. |
| ~ cost overrun | excess of cost over budget.; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget" |
| ~ cost of living | average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing).; "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation" |
| ~ borrowing cost | the cost of borrowing something. |
| ~ distribution cost | any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc). |
| ~ handling charge, handling cost | the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order). |
| ~ marketing cost | the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer). |
| ~ production cost | combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods. |
| ~ replacement cost | current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness. |
| ~ physical value, reproduction cost | cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation). |
| ~ unit cost | calculated cost for a given unit of a product. |
| ~ price, terms, damage | the amount of money needed to purchase something.; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" |
| ~ price | cost of bribing someone.; "they say that every politician has a price" |
| ~ opportunity cost | cost in terms of foregoing alternatives. |
| ~ portage | the cost of carrying or transporting. |
| ~ charge | the price charged for some article or service.; "the admission charge" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. cost, monetary value, price | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold).; "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" |
| ~ value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units. |
| ~ differential cost, incremental cost, marginal cost | the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output. |
| ~ expensiveness | the quality of being high-priced. |
| ~ assessment | the market value set on assets. |
| ~ inexpensiveness | the quality of being affordable. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. cost, price, toll | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something.; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" |
| ~ value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ death toll | the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster. |
| v. (stative) | 4. be, cost | be priced at.; "These shoes cost $100" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ knock back, put back, set back | cost a certain amount.; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" |
| v. (stative) | 5. cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.; "This mistake cost him his job" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| price | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. damage, price, terms | the amount of money needed to purchase something.; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ asking price, selling price | the price at which something is offered for sale. |
| ~ bid price | (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security. |
| ~ closing price | (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session. |
| ~ factory price | price charged for goods picked up at the factory. |
| ~ highway robbery | an exorbitant price.; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery" |
| ~ purchase price | the price at which something is actually purchased. |
| ~ cash price, spot price | the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market. |
| ~ support level | (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors. |
| ~ valuation | assessed price.; "the valuation of this property is much too high" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. price | the high value or worth of something.; "her price is far above rubies" |
| ~ worth | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful. |
| n. (communication) | 3. price | a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal.; "the cattle thief has a price on his head" |
| ~ reward | the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property. |
| n. (possession) | 4. price | cost of bribing someone.; "they say that every politician has a price" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| n. (person) | 5. leontyne price, mary leontyne price, price | United States operatic soprano (born 1927). |
| ~ soprano | a female singer. |
| v. (possession) | 6. price | determine the price of.; "The grocer priced his wares high" |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| ~ mark up | increase the price of. |
| ~ rig, manipulate | manipulate in a fraudulent manner.; "rig prices" |
| ~ overprice | price excessively high. |
| ~ underquote | offer for sale at a price lower than the market price. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. price | ascertain or learn the price of.; "Have you priced personal computers lately?" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| value | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. value | a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds" |
| ~ numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number. |
| ~ characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant. |
| ~ scale value | a value on some scale of measurement. |
| ~ parameter, argument | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. value | the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
| ~ worth | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful. |
| ~ invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness, preciousness | the positive quality of being precious and beyond value. |
| ~ monetary value, price, cost | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold).; "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection" |
| ~ toll, cost, price | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something.; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" |
| ~ richness | the quality of having high intrinsic value.; "the richness of the mines and pastureland"; "the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive" |
| ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| ~ unimportance | the quality of not being important or worthy of note. |
| ~ national income | the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr). |
| ~ gnp, gross national product | former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr). |
| ~ gdp, gross domestic product | the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year). |
| ~ face value, nominal value, par value | the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value. |
| ~ book value | the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation. |
| ~ market price, market value | the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace. |
| ~ monetary standard, standard | the value behind the money in a monetary system. |
| n. (possession) | 3. economic value, value | the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ mess of pottage | anything of trivial value.; "Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage" |
| ~ premium | the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value.; "they paid a premium for access to water" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. value | relative darkness or lightness of a color.; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light" |
| ~ color property | an attribute of color. |
| ~ lightness | having a light color. |
| ~ darkness | having a dark or somber color. |
| n. (time) | 5. note value, time value, value | (music) the relative duration of a musical note. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the period of time during which something continues. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. value | an ideal accepted by some individual or group.; "he has old-fashioned values" |
| ~ ideal | the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain. |
| ~ introject | (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized. |
| ~ principle | a rule or standard especially of good behavior.; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. value | fix or determine the value of; assign a value to.; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate" |
| ~ overvalue, overestimate | assign too high a value to.; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" |
| ~ underestimate, undervalue | assign too low a value to.; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" |
| ~ float | allow (currencies) to fluctuate.; "The government floated the ruble for a few months" |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| v. (possession) | 8. appreciate, prize, treasure, value | hold dear.; "I prize these old photographs" |
| ~ do justice | show due and full appreciation.; "The diners did the food and wine justice" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ recognise, recognize | show approval or appreciation of.; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. esteem, prise, prize, respect, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ think the world of | esteem very highly.; "She thinks the world of her adviser" |
| ~ reverence, venerate, revere, fear | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ admire, look up to | feel admiration for. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" |
| ~ grade, score, mark | assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" |
| ~ rate, value | estimate the value of.; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ assess | estimate the value of (property) for taxation.; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years" |
| ~ standardise, standardize | evaluate by comparing with a standard. |
| ~ reassess, reevaluate | revise or renew one's assessment. |
| ~ censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.; "This magazine is censored by the government" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. rate, value | estimate the value of.; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" |
| ~ revalue | value anew.; "revalue the German Mark" |
| ~ appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, measure, value | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" |
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