Cost (disambiguation)

Cost is the value of money that has been used to produce something and is therefore no longer available.

Cost may also refer to:

Economics

 * Economic cost, an overview of cost in the field of economics
 * Opportunity cost, the cost of something measured by the inability to spend the money elsewhere
 * Historical cost, also known as accounting cost, the original value of an economic item
 * Variable cost, costs of doing business that increase or decrease with the amount of revenue, such as labor and fuel
 * Fixed cost, costs of doing business that do not change, such as rent and administration
 * Total cost, fixed plus variable cost
 * Average cost, the total cost of production divided by the number of items produced
 * Average fixed cost
 * Average variable cost
 * Marginal cost, the decrease in costs resulting from producing more items
 * Cost curve, a graph of the cost of production as a function of the number of items produced

Other uses

 * Cost, Texas, an unincorporated community in the United States
 * Biological cost
 * Court costs
 * Costs (English law)
 * Costs (album), a 2011 album from Gideon
 * European Cooperation in Science and Technology, abbreviated COST, a European intergovernmental organization
 * Costco NASDAQ ticker symbol
 * The Cost (album), the sixth studio album by The Frames
 * The Cost (band), an American punk rock group
 * "The Cost" (The Wire), a 2002 television episode
 * The Cost (1920 film), an American silent drama film
 * The Cost (2022 film), an Australian revenge drama film