Apart from a mild comment about the quaintness of thrice, and I am in no position to quibble about quaint, I think your sentence is fine. Costed is not the same as cost. If I costed the company, I evaluated it in some way to put a price on it. If I cost (past tense of some kind) the company, I caused it spend money or other resource. The fact that cost and caused sound somewhat similar is a cosmic coincidence for which I apologise.
1. Welcome to the forums, Leo,
For the verb: "to cost" Simple Past: cost Past Participle: cost
There is confusion among the various meanings of the verb.
You used "cost" properly. The sense of the verb in your sentence is ~to have caused something or somebody to bear an expense. The other meaning deals with, as you have written, calculating or estimating expenses. That's common in fields such as finance, accounting, and manufacturing. It has nothing to do with your sentence.
This project has cost us far more than we expected, due to bad weather, poor design specifications, and sloppy work.
1 The accounting department has costed the project, on the basis of work done to date, and projects a massive budget overrrun.
Those two sentences illustrate two distinct meanings of the verb. Here is how Cambridge Advanced Learners Dict. sees it.
cost verb [T] cost, cost If something costs an amount of money, you must pay that amount to buy or do it: "How much does this book cost (= What is the price of this book)?" "It costs £25." It costs a lot to buy a house in this part of London. [+ two objects] The trip will cost you $1000.
cost verb [T] costed, costed
to calculate the future cost of something: How carefully did you cost the materials for the new fence and gate? Has your scheme been properly costed (out)?
Etymology 1
From Middle English cost, from Old English cost (“option, choice, possibility, manner, way, condition”), from Old Norse kostr (“choice, opportunity, chance, condition, state, quality”), from Proto-Germanic *kustuz (“choice, trial”) (or Proto-Germanic *kustiz (“choice, trial”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“to enjoy, taste”). Trusted by over 1 million members
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Cognate with Icelandic kostur, German dialectal Kust (“taste, flavour”), Dutch kust (“choice, choosing”), North Frisian kest (“choice, estimation, virtue”), Old English cyst (“free-will, choice, election, the best of anything, the choicest, picked host, moral excellence, virtue, goodness, generosity, munificence”). Related toto choose.
Noun
cost (( plural costs))
1.1. Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
at all costs (= "by all means")
2.2. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; aa wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
Derived terms
at all costs needs-cost
Related terms
costen 2 costning
Etymology 2
From Middle English cost, coust, from costen (“to cost”), see below.
Noun
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cost (( plural costs))
1.1. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
The total cost of the new complex was an estimated $1.5 million. We have to cut costs if we want to avoid bankrupcy. The average cost of a new house is twice as much as t was 20 years ago.
2.2. A negative or loss that occurs or is required to occur. Trusted by over 1 million members
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Derived terms
[[show ▼]]Terms derived from the noun
appraisal cost cost of sales at cost cost overrun carbon cost cost per avalable seat mile cost and freight cost price cost avoidance cost-push cost-benefit design to cost cost benefit analysis flotation cost cost center landed cost cost control low-cost cost cutting marginal cost cost-effective opportunity cost cost-efficient private cost cost function sunk cost costless unexpired cost costly unit cost cost objective variable cost cost of business = cost of sales cost of doing business = cost of sales cost of living
[[show ▼]]amount of money, time, etc.
Asturian: costu (ast) m.m. Italian: costo (it) m.m.,, spesa (it) f. f.
Basque: kostu (eu) Japanese: 費用 (ja) ((ひよう,, hiyō)
Bulgarian: цена (bg) f. f. Kurdish: Catalan: preu (ca) m.m.,, cost (ca) m.m.
Chamicuro: iso'no Sorani: (ku),, (ku) Chinese: trad. 費用,, simpl. 费用 (( pinyin: fèiyòng),, 成本 (cmn) Latvian: maksa (lv) f. f.,, cena (lv) f. f.,, (chéngběn), trad. 花費,, simpl. 花费 dārdzība (lv) f. f. Novial: kosto (( pinyin: huāfèi)) Polish: koszt (pl) m.m. Czech: náklad (cs) m.m.,, cena (cs) f. f. Portuguese: custo (pt) m.m. Dutch: kost (nl) Romanian: cost (ro),, preț (ro) Finnish: hinta (fi),, kustannus (fi) Russian: стоимость (ru) (stóimost') f. f.,, French: coût (fr) m.m.,, frais (fr) m.m. себестоимость (ru) (sebestóimost') Galician: custo (gl) m.m. f. f.,, цена (ru) (tsená) f. f.,, затраты (ru) Georgian: please add this translation (zatráty) f. f. pl.,, расходы (ru) (rasxódy) if you can m.m. pl. German: Kosten (de) pl. Scottish Gaelic: cosgais (gd) f. f.,, prìs (gd) Greek: κόστος (el) (kóstos) n.n.,, δαπάνη f. f. Trusted by over 1 million members
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Hungarian: ár ár (hu) you can
[[show ▼]]negative consequence or loss
Asturian: costu (ast) m.m. Japanese: 代償 (ja) ((だいしょう,, Basque: kostu (eu) daishō) Bulgarian: загуби (bg) pl. Latvian: maksa (lv) f. f.
Chinese: Novial: kosto Polish: cena (pl) f. f. Mandarin: 代價 (cmn) 代价 (cmn) Russian: издержки (ru) (izdéržki) f. f. (dàijìa) pl.,, затраты (ru) (zatráty) f. f. pl.,, цена (ru) (tsená) f. f. Czech: cena (cs) f. f. Scottish Gaelic: cosgais (gd) f. f.,, prìs (gd) Finnish: hinta (fi) f. f.,, cosg (gd) m.m. French: coût (fr) m.m. Spanish: costo (es) m.m. Galician: custo (gl) m.m. Swahili: gharama (sw) German: Verlust (de) m.m.,, Ausgaben (de) Swedish: kostnad (sv) c.c. f. f. Greek: κόστος (el) (kóstos) n.n.
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4 Indonesian: biaya, ongkos Portuguese: custo
Etymology 3
From Middle English costen, from Old French coster, couster (“to cost”), from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin constare (“stand together, stand at, cost”), from com- ++ stare (“stand”).
Verb
cost ((third-person singular simple present costs,, present participle costing,, simple past and past participle cost or costed)) See Usage notes.
1.1. To incur aa charge, aa price.
This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30. It will cost you a lot of money to take a round-the-world trip. Entry to the museums used to be free, but now it costs 5 pounds. Trusted by over 1 million members
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Usage notes
The past tense and past participle is cost in the sense of "this computer cost me £600", but costed in the sense of "the project was costed at $1 million."
Derived terms
cost an arm and a leg cost a pretty penny cost the earth how much does it cost
Translations
[[show ▼]]to incur a charge, a price
Arabic: (ar) (saawaa) Interlingua: costar (ia) Asturian: costar (ast) Italian: costare (it)
Basque: kostatu (eu) Japanese: 費やす (ja) ((ついやす,, Bulgarian: струвам (bg) tsuiyasu), 掛かる (ja) (kakaru) Catalan: costar (ca) Kannada: (kn) (bīru) Chinese: trad. 花費,, simpl. 花费 (( pinyin: huāfèi)) Korean: please add this translation if Czech: stát (cs) you can
5 Dutch: kosten (nl) Latin: consto (la),, valeo (la) Esperanto: kosti (eo) Latvian: maksāt (lv)
Finnish: maksaa (fi) Luxembourgish: kaschten (lb)
French: coûter (fr) Polish: kosztować (pl)
Galician: custar (gl) Portuguese: custar (pt)
Georgian: please add this translation Romanian: costa (ro),, prețui (ro) if you can Russian: стоить (ru) (stóit') German: kosten (de) Scottish Gaelic: cosg (gd)
Greek: κοστίζω ko stizo (means also Spanish: costar (es) "to cause damage or distress"), Swahili: gharimu (sw) στοιχίζω stiizo (means also to Swedish: kosta (sv) c.c. inflict" and "to align"), τιμώμαι Turkish: please add this translation if timo me ,, κάνω kano colloquial you can (has a huge number of meanings, one Zulu: -biza (zu) of them is "to cost")] Indonesian: menghabiskan biaya
Statistics
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scot, Scot
Anglo-Norman
Noun
cost m.m. ((oblique plural costs,, nominative singular costs,, nominative plural cost))
1.1. cost; financial outlay
Related terms
coster
Catalan
Noun
6 cost m.m. (( plural costs))
1.1. cost
Related terms
costar
Manx
Noun
cost m.m. (( genitive cost,, plural costyn))
1.1. charge (monetary)
Derived terms
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Etymology
Proto-Germanic *kust-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-- (“to choose”). Akin to Old Saxon kostōn (“to try, tempt”), Old High German kostōn (“to taste, test, try by tasting”) (German kosten), Icelandic kosta (“to try, tempt”), Gothic (kustus, “test”), Old English cystan (“to spend, get the value of, procure”), Old English cyst (“proof, test, trial; choice”),, ċēosan (“to choose”). More at choose.
Noun
cost m.m.
1.1. option, choice; possibility 2.2. condition, manner, way
þæs costes þe (on the condition that)
Adjective
cost
1.1. chosen, choice 2.2. tried, proven; excellent 7
Welsh
Noun
cost m.m. and f. f. (( plural costau))
1.1. cost 2.2. expense
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English irregular simple past forms English irregular verbs English past participles English simple past forms English verbs with base form identical to past participle Anglo-Norman nouns Anglo-Norman masculine nouns Catalan nouns Manx nouns Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Old English nouns Old English adjectives Welsh nouns
English
Verb
costed
1.1. Simple past tense of cost..
8 We costed the project at $1,000,000.0.
2.2. Past participle of cost..
We've costed the project at £1,000,000.
Usage notes
The only non-proscribed use is in the sense of "to give a cost to". Where proper grammar is expected, use cost instead for non-specialized past-tense and past-participle uses such asas answering the question "How much did it cost ?"?"
Occasionally replaced with noun or verb forms of price,, where commonly accepted, as in,