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COST BILL CHARGE FEE PRICE
COST (Noun [C])
A) The amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce something.Collocations
Pay the cost of sth
Meet/bear the cost (of sth.) =pay for sth.
Cover the cost (of sth.) = pay all of sth
The cost of doing sth
At a cost of $100/$ 20
Full-total/ high-low/ extra-additional cost
Running/operating costs = what it costs to organize an event or run a business
Labour-transport-legal cost
B) COSTS (pl)1 the money that you must regularly spend in order to run a business, a home, a car etc
Reduce/cut sosts
We have to cut costs in order to remain competitive
2 court costs the money that you must pay to lawyers etc if you are involved in a legal case in
court, especially if you are found guilty
Bellisario won the case and was awarded costs
C) [U/C] something that you lose, give away, damage etc in order to achieve somethingAt a cost of sth
She had kept her promise to Christine, but at what cost to herself?
Social/environmental cost
We must avoid a scandal at all costs (=whatever happens).
D) (Sgl) Am E the price that someone pays for something that they are going to sell [= costprice]
At cost
His uncle's a car dealer and let him buy the car at cost (=without making a profit).
E) Know/ find out/ learn sth to your cost to realize something is true because you have hada very unpleasant experience
Driving fast in wet conditions is dangerous, as my brother discovered to his cost!
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BILL (N [C])
1 Request for payment: a written list showing how much you have to pay for services you
have received, work that has been done etc
Bill for
The bill for the repairs came to $650
Phone/electricity/gas etc bill
2 Restaurant (Br E): a list showing how much you have to pay for food you have eaten in a
restaurant [= check Am E]
Could we have the bill, please?
3 Law: a written proposal for a new law, which is brought to a parliament so that it can be
discussed
Approve/pass/ veto a bill
The House of Representatives passed a new gun-control bill.
4 Money (Am E) a piece of paper money [= note BrE- coin]
A five-dollar bill
Other meanings
5 fit/fill the bill: To be exactly what you need
This car fits the bill perfectly. It's cheap and gets good mileage.
6 Concert/show etc : a programme of entertainment at a theatre, concert, cinema etc,
with details of who is performing, what is being shown etc
Tricia topped the bill (=was the most important performer) at the Children's Variety Show.
7 Give somebody/something a clean bill of health: to officially state that someone is in
good health or that something is working correctly
Maddox was given a clean bill of health
8 Advertisment: a printed notice advertising an event
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CHARGE (N)
Price [C/U] the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services
Charge of
an admission charge of $5
Charge for
There's a 50 pence booking charge for each ticket
Also:
Guided tours are provided at no charge.
Your order will be sent free of charge (=at no cost).
The shop will fit them for a small extra charge
Other meanings
1 Control [U] the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an
activity
In charge of sth
He asked to speak to the person in charge
2 Crime [C] an official statement made by the police saying that they believe someone
may be guilty of a crime
Charge against
Charge of
FEE (N) [C]
An amount of money that you pay to do something or that you pay to a professional
person for their work
Cable TV subscribers pay monthly fees.
Entrance/ entry fee = fee to enter a place
The run, to raise money for breast cancer, has a 10 entry fee (=fee to enter a
competition).
Doctors/ lawyers/ accounts fee
Legal/medical fee
My solicitor charges a flat fee (=an amount that does not change) for handling the
sale of a house.
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PRICE (N) [C/U]
The amount of money you have to pay for something
Collocations
High/low [pice
Prices go up/rise/increase/drop/go down/fall
Prices fluctuate =prices go up and down
Put up/ increase/raise prices
Cut/ lower slash prices= make them lower
Agree on (a ) price/ fix a price
Price freeze = when prices are kept at the same level
Price war = when shops try to get the lowest prices
Price for
We agreed on a price for the bike.
Price of
The price of fuel keeps going up.
Other meanings
1 (Sgl) the unpleasant things that you must suffer in order to be successful, free etc
Price of
He's never at home, but that's the price of success.
2 half/full price used to talk about half the usual price of something, or the actual usual
price
I bought these jeans at half price in the sale.
3 At a price For a lot of money
You can get goat's cheese at the local delicatessen - at a price!
4 At any price= whatever the cost or difficulty may be
She was determined to have a child at any price.
5 put a price on sth= to give sth a financial value
You can't put a price on what a mother does for her children
6 be beyond price= to be extremely valuable or important
7 everyone has their price= used to say that you can persuade people to do anything if
you give them what they want
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cost, costs, price, charge, fee, fare
We Use cost to talk about paying for services and activities, rather than objects
The total cost of the trip was under $500.
Your costs are the amount of money you have to spend in order to run a business or to do
a particular activity
The shop was not making enough money to cover its costs.
Use price to mean the amount of money that you must pay for something in a place such
as a shop or restaurant
We are cutting all our prices (NOT costs) by 50% for one day only!
A charge is the amount you have to pay to have a particular service or use something
For a small charge we will also make your hotel reservations.
A fee is the amount you have to pay to enter or join something
The gallery charges no entrance fee.
It is also the amount you have to pay for a professional service
The lawyer explained her fees.
A fare is the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, train, plane etc
I need some money for my bus fare.