urface) The noun cost has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (379) cost???(the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor) 2. (53) 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?