(fig) → Preis m; in the least costs, at any cost → um jeden Preis; Regardless of the cost → kostet es, was es wolle; in the cost of one’s well being/job/relationship and so forth → auf Kosten seiner Gesundheit/Stelle/Ehe etcetera; at terrific/minor individual cost → unter großen/geringen eigenen Kosten; he found out to his cost that �