costed

English

Verb

costed

1. simple past and past participle of cost

   We costed the project at $1,000,000. (simple past tense)

   We've costed the project at £1,000,000. (past participle)

   • 2022, “Love Sux”, performed by Avril Lavigne:

     Am I a regret yet? / I thought you were my best bet / Was it worth what it costed? / I am exhausted

Usage notes

• The only non-proscribed use is in the sense of "to give a cost to". Where Standard English is expected, use cost instead for non-specialized past-tense and past-participle uses such as answering the question "How much did it cost?"

• Occasionally replaced with noun or verb forms of price, where commonly accepted, as in, "The event's hosting was priced at $1,000,000."

Adjective

costed (not comparable)

1. Having a specified (type of) cost

   This was a badly costed project.

Derived terms

• uncosted

 

Further reading

• “costed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• scoted