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Yes, cost is playable

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"Cost" Definition

noun

An amount paid or required in payment for a purchase; a price.
Law The charges fixed for litigation, often payable by the losing party.
The expenditure of something, such as time or labor, necessary for the attainment of a goal: "Freedom to advocate unpopular causes does not require that such advocacy be without cost” ( Milton Friedman).
The amount or equivalent paid or charged for something.
The outlay or expenditure (as of effort or sacrifice) made to achieve an object.

idiom

At all costs Regardless of the expense or effort involved; by any means.

verb-transitive

To cause to lose, suffer, or sacrifice: Participating in the strike cost me my job.
To estimate or determine the cost of: The accountants costed out our expenses.
To have as a price.

verb-intransitive

To require a specified payment, expenditure, effort, or loss: It costs more to live in the city.

verb

To require expenditure or payment.
To require effort, suffering, or loss.
To have a price of.
To cause to pay, suffer, or lose something.
To estimate or set the cost of.

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