Cost (n.) A rib |
Cost (n.) See Cottise. |
Cost (imp. & p. p.) of Cost |
Cost (v. t.) To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc. |
Cost (v. t.) To require to be borne or suffered |
Cost (v. t.) The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter |
Cost (v. t.) Loss of any kind |
Cost (v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation. |
Fancy-free (a.) Free from the power of love. |
Free (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others |
Free (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government |
Free (superl.) Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. |
Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned |
Free (superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity |
Free (superl.) Clear of offense or crime |
Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust |
Free (superl.) Unrestrained |
Free (superl.) Not close or parsimonious |
Free (superl.) Exempt |
Free (superl.) Characteristic of one acting without restraint |
Free (superl.) Ready |
Free (superl.) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise |
Free (superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all |
Free (superl.) Not gained by importunity or purchase |
Free (superl.) Not arbitrary or despotic |
Free (superl.) Certain or honorable |
Free (superl.) Privileged or individual |
Free (superl.) Not united or combined with anything else |
Free (adv.) Freely |
Free (adv.) Without charge |
Free (a.) To make free |
Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars |
Free (a.) To frank. |
Free-denizen (v. t.) To make free. |
Free-hand (a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments |
Free-handed (a.) Open-handed |
Free-hearted (a.) Open |
Free-liver (n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint |
Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites. |
Free-love (n.) The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
Free-lover (n.) One who believes in or practices free-love. |
Free-martin (n.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male. |
Free-milling (a.) Yielding free gold or silver |
Free-minded (a.) Not perplexed |
Free-soil (a.) Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery |
Free-spoken (a.) Accustomed to speak without reserve. |
Free-swimming (a.) Swimming in the open sea |
Free-tongued (a.) Speaking without reserve. |
Free will () A will free from improper coercion or restraint. |
Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity. |
foul shot free throw penalty free throw charity toss charity throw charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
cost cutting | the act of cutting costs |
cost accounting | keeping account of the costs of items in production |
cost analysis | breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately |
extramarital sex free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
brawl free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
amnesty pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
freetail free-tailed bat freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
free throw lane | a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to feet in front of the backboard, players may not enter this lane during a free throw |
weight free weight exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
grace grace of God free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God, God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners, there but for the grace of God go I |
free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
rise boost hike cost increase | an increase in cost, they asked for a % rise in rates |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
monetary value price cost | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold), the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver, he puts a high price on his services, he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
marginal cost incremental cost differential cost | the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output |
price cost toll | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something, the cost in human life was enormous, the price of success is hard work, what price glory? |
free will discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
free phagocyte | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood |
free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
nonparametric statistic distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
deism free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |
free press | a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
rural free delivery RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
free morpheme free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |
free verse vers libre | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern |
free list | a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs |
cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
consumer price index CPI cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
parenthesis-free notation | a notation for forming mathematical expressions that does not use parentheses to delimit components |
free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field |
gluten-free diet | diet prescribed to treat celiac disease, eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten |
low-sodium diet low-salt diet salt-free diet | a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride), often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders |
free free people | people who are free, the home of the free and the brave |
Free French Fighting French | a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic |
Free World | antiommunist countries collectively |
Free Soil Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories, merged with the Liberty Party in |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
free port | a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels |
free port free zone | an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties |
Free State Orange Free State | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers, named Free State in |
free state | any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War |