Cost and Earned

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Cost verb - To have a price of.

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Earned is an antonym for cost.

Nearby Words: costly, costless, costing, costliness

Earned adjective - Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action.

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Cost is an antonym for earned in topics: make money, deserve a reward.

Nearby Words: earn, earning, earner

The antics of his sister and his homeroom teacher cost him almost all he earned so he's briefly seen holding another job in another episode.

Source: Light Novel / Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
You can switch between companies, but that would cost you half of the points earned for the other company.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy X-2
Morrow, in contrast, earned a Dying Momentof Awesome by pushing some of the child actors out of harm's way at the cost of his own life.

Source: Darth Wiki / Fallen Creator

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