Cost and Proceeds

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Cost noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

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Proceeds is an antonym for cost.

Nearby Words: costly, costless, costing, costliness

Proceeds noun - An increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property.

Usage example: estimated that the annual proceeds from an increase in the state sales tax would be enormous

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Cost is an antonym for proceeds.

full	full cost	full proceeds
long	long cost	long proceeds
true	true cost	true proceeds
actual	actual cost	actual proceeds
Other adjectives: entire, enormous, little, negative, said, horrific.

As it turns out, she's Marc's younger sister and he proceeds to safe-keep her bones from fire so that he can keep her near to him at the cost of barring her from the afterlife.

Source: Literature / Chronicles of the Kencyrath
America (The Book) showcases a graph that displays how fundraising proceeds are invested - with the cost of a stamp always set aside to return the donation N.A.M.B.L.A sends the candidate.

Source: Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
It then proceeds to help you, first by ramming the massive device, saving your life at the cost of its own, and then joining forces with you after coming Back from the Dead to destroy the machines once and for all.

Source: Video Game / ABZÛ

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