Costs

Examples

• If it was cheap ugliness, I'd say nothing, but it costs as much as the other, and I don't get any satisfaction out of it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But though the wear and tear of a free servant be equally at the expense of his master, it generally costs him much less than that of a slave. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In the Milan cathedral it costs five francs to see it, and at St. Peter's, at Rome, it is almost impossible to see it at any price. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Dodson and Fogg have taken Mrs. Bardell in execution for her costs, Sir,' said Job. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It warn't much--execution for nine pound nothin', multiplied by five for costs; but hows'ever here he stopped for seventeen year. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Thus they not only had a greater investment than necessary in the truck itself, but were paying an exclusive charge in the way of operating costs and depreciation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He's never content unless he gets my yellow-sealed wine, which costs me ten shillings a bottle, hang him! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It does not cost less labour to bring silver to the great town than to the remote parts of the country; but it costs a great deal more to bring corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My brother would have given up the legacy, and joyful, to escape more costs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She saw that at all costs she must keep Mrs. Peniston's favour till, as Mrs. Bart would have phrased it, she could stand on her own legs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Meg knew that if he gave the promise he would keep it at all costs, and feeling her power, used it as a woman may for her friend's good. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My whole estate, left to me in that will of my father's, has gone in costs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A 6-inch breech-loading rifle costs $64. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If I pay her costs for her,' said Mr. Pickwick indignantly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The more it costs to acquire any property, the less must be the neat value of it when acquired. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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