costly
US /ˈkɑstli/
adjective Target · B2 Tài chính & ngân sách
Definition
entailing great loss or sacrifice
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Fixing the printing error after delivery would be very costly for the company.
Word Family
Synonyms
- expensivehigh in price or charging high prices
- priceyhaving a high price
Collocations
- Easy costly mistakedescribing costly mistake (entailing great loss or sacrifice)
- Medium costly repairs to equipmentdescribing costly repairs to equipment (entailing great loss or sacrifice)
- Hard costly litigation proceedingsdescribing costly litigation proceedings (entailing great loss or sacrifice)
- Very Hard prove costly in the long runto prove costly in the long run, meaning to be shown or be found to be
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