コストkosuto

1. nouncost
   価格かかくはコストと需要じゅようで決きまる。↗

   Price depends on costs and demand.

• Synonym費用ひようNeutralGeneral word for money spent on something, common in everyday speech; 「コスト」 leans toward business use, stressing production and operating costs.
• Synonym経費けいひWrittenWritten-style word for outlays needed to do something, such as travel or event expenses; also an accounting term, as in 「必要経費」.
• Synonym代価だいかWrittenWritten-style word for the price paid for goods or, figuratively, the cost of doing something.
• Related料金りょうきんNeutralThe charge paid for using a service, as in 「電気料金」; the focus is on set rates, not production costs.
• Related代償だいしょうWrittenFormal word for what you give up to achieve something; it can also mean compensation, and carries a nuance of sacrifice.
• RelatedプライスNeutralLoanword for the selling price of an item; mostly seen in product advertising and promotions rather than in cost talk.
• Related価格かかくNeutralThe price of a product or service; a more formal economic term, typical of announcements and news reports.
• Related代金だいきんNeutralThe money you pay when buying something, as in 「代金引換」; about payment for a purchase, not production costs.
• Related値段ねだんNeutralThe everyday word for the price of goods in buying and selling; far more common in speech than 「コスト」.
• Antonym利益りえきNeutralAntonym: profit or gains, as in 「利益を上げる」; what remains when revenue exceeds costs.
• Antonym収益しゅうえきWrittenFormal antonym: earnings or revenue a business generates; stands opposite 「コスト」 in financial talk.

Use 「コスト」 for business production and operating costs, as in 「コスト削減」. For everyday expenses say 「費用」, for outlays like travel or events 「経費」, for service charges 「料金」. Prices are 「値段」 in daily talk or 「価格」 in formal writing; 「利益」 and 「収益」 are the opposites.

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1. 何なんかを作つくるのにかかる費用ひよう。原価げんか。