cost

かかる、する

買ったり使ったりするのに、一定の金額が必要であること。

やさしい英語で： If something does this, you must pay a particular amount of money to buy or use it.

• This bag costs twenty euros.
• How much did your ticket cost?
• The repairs will cost us a lot.

使い方： cost someone an amount (The repairs cost me two hundred pounds.)

よく使う表現： cost ten dollars, cost a fortune, cost too much, cost five pounds

失わせる、犠牲にする

大切なものを失わせたり、望ましくない結果をもたらしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone lose something valuable or suffer an unwanted result.

• His careless comment cost him a friend.
• The delay cost us the contract.
• Could one mistake cost her the race?

使い方： cost someone something (That mistake cost him his job.)

よく使う表現： cost someone something, cost a life, cost someone everything

費用を見積もる、原価を計算する

事業やサービス、活動に必要なお金を計算すること。

やさしい英語で： To calculate how much money a project, service, or activity will require.

• Please cost the repairs.
• The builder costed the work yesterday.
• Have you costed the whole project yet?

使い方： cost something at an amount (They costed the repairs at three thousand pounds.); cost something out (We must cost the project out before approving it.)

類義語： price, estimate

よく使う表現： cost a project, cost the work, cost something out

価格、代金

物を買ったり使ったりするために払う金額。

やさしい英語で： The amount of money you pay to buy or use something.

• What is the cost of delivery?
• The total cost was fifty pounds.
• We compared the costs of several hotels.

使い方： the cost of something (The cost of the ticket includes lunch.)

類義語： price, charge

よく使う表現： cost of something, total cost, extra cost

費用、コスト

何かをするために必要な、または使ったお金や時間などの資源。

やさしい英語で： The money, time, or other resources needed or used to do something.

• The cost of running the factory is rising.
• This method saves both time and labor costs.
• We underestimated the cost of developing the software.

使い方： the cost of doing something (We calculated the cost of building a new school.)

類義語： expense, expenditure

よく使う表現： production cost, cost of something, at no cost

代償、犠牲

何かを行ったり達成したりした結果、受ける損害や失うもの。

やさしい英語で： The harm or loss caused by doing or achieving something.

• The victory came at a terrible cost.
• We must consider the human cost of war.
• He gained power at the cost of his friendships.

使い方： at the cost of something (She achieved success at the cost of her health.); at a cost to someone/something (The road was built at a cost to local wildlife.)

類義語： price, sacrifice

よく使う表現： at a cost, at the cost, human cost