n. | 1. | A rib; a side; a region or coast. |
| 2. | (Her.) See Cottise. |
v. t. | 1. | To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life. |
| 2. | To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. |
n. | 1. | The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit. |
| 2. | Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering. |
| 3. | (Law) Expenses incurred in litigation. |