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cost
cost /ˈkost/
noun#3833 most common
Also: price, expense
Example sentences
Care este costul biletului?
What is the cost of the ticket?
Costul chiriei a crescut anul acesta.
The cost of rent has gone up this year.
Trebuie să reducem costurile de producție.
We need to cut production costs.
Costurile ascunse ale acestui contract m-au surprins.
The hidden costs of this contract surprised me.
Analiza costului total al proiectului a durat câteva săptămâni.
The analysis of the project's total cost took several weeks.
Guvernul a subestimat costurile pe termen lung ale reformei fiscale, ceea ce a dus la un deficit bugetar considerabil.
The government underestimated the long-term costs of the fiscal reform, which led to a considerable budget deficit.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cost / costul | costuri / costurile |
| Genitive | cost / costului | costuri / costurilor |
| Accusative | cost / costul | costuri / costurile |
| Vocative | cost | costuri |
Word family
a costato cost
costisitorcostly, expensive
costuricosts (plural)
cost de producțieproduction cost
Etymology
Romanian "cost" is tied to the verb "a costa" (to cost), which traces back to Latin "constare," meaning to stand firm or to be settled at a price. The Latin verb combines "com-" (together) with "stare" (to stand). The noun form spread through the Romance languages and into English through Old French, so Romanian, English, and their Romance neighbors all share the same root image of a price that stands fixed.
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