English → Latin
“cost-price” in Latin
astringōto draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract; to check, repress, restrain; to put under obligation, oblige, nerestringōto draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten; to unfasten, unclose, open; to restrain, confine, restrictemōto buy, purchase; to acquire, procurecomprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences odūrōto harden, make hard; to last or endure; to dry
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cost-price
circumlocution. To be selling at cost-price, *merces suas tanti vendit aliquis, quanti emit (emerunt, etc.): COSTIVE, astrictus: restrictus, etc.; e.g., to make or render costive, alvum astringere, comprimere, durare (Cels.). I am never costive, alvus mihi satis reddit quotidie (Cels.): alvum bonam facere soleo (after Cato De Re rustica, 114). I am of a costive habit, saepe fit, ut pluribus diebus non descendat alvus (after Cels., 2, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cost-price?
- The usual Latin words for “cost-price” are astringō, restringō, emō; also comprimō, dūrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.