Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Costing nothing; not involving expense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Costing nothing.

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  • adjective having no cost

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  • adjective costing nothing

Etymologies

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From cost +‎ -less. Compare Dutch kosteloos ("costless, free").

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Examples

  • The S&L crisis of the 1980s showed that "costless" guarantees can turn into real on-budget expenditures -- more than $120 billion worth at that time.

    Uncle Sam, Subprime Borrower Jonathan GS Koppell 2008

  • However, there is a third "costless" option: defer tax payments by 6 or 9 months.

    unknown title 2009

  • However, Harper, who conceded early this week that the Conservative greenhouse gas strategy will not be "costless," did not detail the impact on consumers.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • However, Harper, who conceded early this week that the Conservative greenhouse gas strategy will not be "costless," did not detail the impact on consumers.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • However, Harper, who conceded early this week that the Conservative greenhouse gas strategy will not be "costless," did not detail the impact on consumers.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • PES: First, much of what Sunstein is suggesting on a policy level is a simple readjustment of default rules with “costless” opt out — that is, the only transaction costs involve self-education and active self-determination.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

  • Assumes equal bargaining power and costless bargaining.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Lesson: even if the law intervenes, there will be a Coasean corrective transaction: smooth, immediate, and costless to the employer.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Self-responsibility has to continue in force regardless of the default rules in operation (assuming opt out is sufficiently costless), or libertarianism becomes a slightly less coercive version of conservatism.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

  • First, much of what Sunstein is suggesting on a policy level is a simple readjustment of default rules with “costless” opt out — that is, the only transaction costs involve self-education and active self-determination.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010

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