The phrase
"to count the cost" means to carefully consider the consequences or sacrifices that come with a particular action or decision before proceeding.
Full definition
If you don't
count the cost of the purchases this organized wall of shopping bags is free!
That's
not counting the cost of packing materials, additional help, or closing out old bills before leaving.
Most people would find the sudden loss of that amount of money to be positively crippling, and that's not
even counting the cost of defending or settling the suit.
However, a minimal requirement must be that animal experimentation should not be undertaken
without counting the cost to the animals involved.
I won't: There are some people
who count the cost of their escape and realize that it might be too great.
It might be easier if we could
count the cost once, make the necessary sacrifice and get it over with.
They cost dearly, but no one who knows the psychic toll that fear and worry take will
count the cost too high.
Most people would find the sudden loss of that amount of money to be positively crippling, and that's not even
counting the cost of defending or settling the suit.
The fact is that we sometimes seize opportunities for present gratification
without counting the cost, and sometimes make great sacrifices for the future.
The Arsenal injury situation has been the subject of much discussion in recent years and just yesterday the Gunners were
left counting the cost as we badly missed the attacking ability of key players like Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Jack Wilshere, Tomas Rosicky and Santi Cazorla.
We start
counting the costs by assuming that we are talking about sneaking across the U.S. border, since the odds of securing a legal way across are relatively slim.
Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as
industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems they set out to address.
Instantly people who haven't really given Christianity much thought or
counted its costs find themselves on the inside.
Manchester City were left to
count the cost after Joe Hart limped off in a doubly damaging Champions League defeat at Juventus.
Price — A pack of Bambo Nature Premium Baby Diapers that contains 198
counts cost $ 83.12 or 42 cents apiece.
First minister says it is a «democratic outrage» that Scotland would be taken out of European Union against its willEU referendum live:
Britain counts the cost of Brexit
Egyptian director Mohamed
Diab counts the cost of the Tahrir Square protests in this compelling human drama.
All these journeys back and forth to the veterinary practice add up, especially when you
also count the cost for the hospitalization, the DNA laboratory results, blood reports, X-rays, drugs and supplements.
For a Christian, marriage is a lifetime commitment, one which
requires counting the cost and being completely sure before making a promise before God and the witnesses of this serious marriage covenant.
Could make for a difficult future with the
Mrs. Count your costs and make certain you can get it done with what you have.
Knowing the way things tend to go for Arsenal, it will be us Gooners
left counting the cost of dropping valuable Premier League points this weekend.
Catherine's heart rested always on the breast of her Beloved, giving her the grace and strength to love, love, love,
never counting the cost.
The prospect of a referendum with an uncertain result has already caused a great deal of disarray, and those
who count the costs of a possible Brexit...
This is a signed copy of
Counting the Cost by Liz Adair, a passionate tale of love and learning, of romance and redemption, with meticulous attention to detail and historical accuracy.
The unfinished tower and the king going to war
without counting the cost is another pair of parables accenting the worth of the kingdom.
Not only so, but following Jesus may lead to suffering the results of non-peace...
even counting the cost of discipleship by carrying their own cross and following Jesus (10.38).
Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as
industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the -LSB-...]
These were cheaper because of agribusiness methods of production that do
not count the cost of lost soil, contribution to global warming, the exhaustion of aquifers, or the pollution of waterways.
Insurers and reinsurers are
counting the costs of the hurricanes that tore into parts of the U.S., while ravaging several islands in the northern and eastern Caribbean.
Before you think about how to secure your bitcoin wallet backup phrase and private keys,
count the cost.