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cost·ly
(kôst′lē)adj. cost·li·er, cost·li·est
1. Of high price or value; expensive: costly jewelry.
2. Entailing loss or sacrifice: a costly war.
cost′li·ness n.
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costly
(ˈkɒstlɪ)adj, -lier or -liest
1. of great price or value; expensive
2. entailing great loss or sacrifice: a costly victory.
3. splendid; lavish
ˈcostliness n
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cost•ly
(ˈkɔst li, ˈkɒst-)adj. -li•er, -li•est.
1. costing much; high in price.
2. resulting in great detriment: a costly mistake.
3. involving great expense; sumptuous.
[1350–1400]
cost′li•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | costly - entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory" expensive - high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
| 2. | costly - having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" expensive - high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
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costly
adjective
1. expensive, dear, stiff, excessive, steep (informal), highly-priced, exorbitant, extortionate Having curtains professionally made can be costly.
expensive reduced, fair, cheap, reasonable, low-priced, inexpensive, economical, dirt-cheap, cheapo (informal)
expensive reduced, fair, cheap, reasonable, low-priced, inexpensive, economical, dirt-cheap, cheapo (informal)
2. splendid, rich, valuable, precious, gorgeous, lavish, luxurious, sumptuous, priceless, opulent the exceptionally beautiful and costly cloths made in northern Italy
3. damaging, disastrous, harmful, catastrophic, loss-making, ruinous, deleterious If you follow the procedures correctly you will avoid costly mistakes.
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costly
adjective1. Bringing a high price:
2. Of great value:
Idioms: beyond price, of great price.
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Translations
غالي الثَّمَـن، نَفـيس
drahý
dyr
költséges
dÿr
drag
costly
[ˈkɒstlɪ] ADJ (costlier (compar) (costliest (superl))) (= expensive) (lit, fig) → costoso; (= valuable) → suntuosoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
costly
[ˈkɒstli] adj (financially) → coûteux/euse
[mistake] → lourd(e) de conséquencescost of living n → coût m de la viecost-of-living adjustment [kɒstəvˈlɪvɪŋ] n → indemnité f de vie chèrecost-of-living allowance n → indemnité f de vie chèrecost-of-living increase n → augmentation f de salaire indexée sur le coût de la viecost-of-living index n → indice m du coût de la viecost price n (British) → prix m coûtant, prix m de revient
to sell at cost price → vendre à prix coûtant
to buy at cost price → acheter à prix coûtant
to sell at cost price → vendre à prix coûtant
to buy at cost price → acheter à prix coûtant
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
costly
adj → teuer, kostspielig; tastes, habits → teuer; costly in terms of time/labour → zeitaufwendig or -aufwändig/arbeitsintensiv; running a car is a costly business → ein Auto zu unterhalten ist eine teure Angelegenheit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
costly
[ˈkɒstlɪ] adj → costoso/a, caro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cost
(kost) – past tense past participle cost – verb1. to be obtainable at a certain price. This jacket costs 75 dollars; The victory cost two thousand lives.
2. (past tense, past participle ˈcosted) to estimate the cost of (a future project). The caterer costed the reception at three hundred dollars.
noun the price to be paid (for something). What is the cost of this coat?
ˈcostly adjective costing much. a costly wedding-dress.
ˈcostliness nouncosts noun plural
the expenses of a legal case. He won his case and was awarded costs of $500.
at all costs no matter what the cost or outcome may be. We must prevent disaster at all costs.
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costly
a. costoso-a, caro-a;
adv. costosamente.
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