inflection of coûter:
/ inflection of coûter:

at all costs, by any means, no matter what

how much does it cost?

whatever it costs, whatever the cost, whatever it takes

the first step is always the hardest

(Belgium, informal) to be expensive, to cost an arm and a leg

(transitive with à) to cost someone their life, to take someone's life, to claim someone's life, to cause someone's death

(informal) to be expensive, to cost an arm and a leg

to cost

(vulgar) to be expensive, cost an arm and a leg