cost up
C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words
To add up all the costs to see what the total price will be.
Literal meaning: To calculate the costs and total them up.
Meanings
1 C1 formal
To calculate the total anticipated cost of a project, job, or task.
"The contractor costed up the kitchen renovation at just over £15,000."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Similar to 'cost out' and used in business and trade contexts. Slightly less formal than 'cost out' and may appear in everyday commercial speech as well as formal planning. Both British and American English.
Commonly used with
job project materials renovation tender quote
Forms
Base
cost up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
costs up
he/she/it
Past simple
costed up
yesterday
Past participle
costed up
have + pp
-ing form
costing up
continuous
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