(fig) ? Preis m; in the slightest degree costs, at any cost ? um jeden Preis; whatever the cost ? kostet es, was es wolle; with the cost of one’s wellbeing/occupation/marriage and many others ? auf Kosten seiner Gesundheit/Stelle/Ehe and many others; at wonderful/tiny private cost ? unter großen/geringen eigenen Kosten; he learned to his cost th