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costing

USKAWST-ing/ˈkɔstɪŋ/UKKOST-ing/ˈkɒstɪŋ/

Noun pluralcostings

2 meanings of costing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of cost. Use this form after words like is or are to talk about something happening now.

    Fixing the old car is costing more than we expected.

    These repairs keep costing us money every single month.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The job of working out how much something will cost to make.

    Like adding up the price of all the parts before you build something.

    The costing showed that the project would be too expensive.

    We need a careful costing before we start building anything.

    Similarestimate, valuation

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costing is a form of cost

cost, verb: To need a certain amount of money to buy or pay for. Full entry

Forms
cost also past tense, past participlecosts he/she/itcosting -ing form
Spelling
cost → costing: add -ing

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