At All Costs

Definition: At All Costs

At All Costs

Adverb

1. Regardless of the cost involved; "he wanted to save her life at all cost".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: At All Costs

Crosswords: At All Costs

Civil Liberties

China

Directives to prevent FLG protests at all costs has resulted in many egregious abuses. (references)

Economic History

Chad

There is a widespread perception that the courts should be avoided at all costs, so most disputes are settled out of court. (references)

Women

Yugoslavia

The few official agencies dedicated to coping with family violence have inadequate resources and were limited in their activity by social pressure to keep families together at all costs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

me çdo kusht (at any cost, by any means). (various references)

Arabic 

‏باي ثمن. (various references)

Bulgarian 

каквото и да стане, на всяка цена (by all means, everyhow). (various references)

Chinese 

極力 (do at all costs, make an utmost effort), 全力以赴 (do at all costs, make an all-out effort). (various references)

Czech

za každou cenu. (various references)

Finnish

kaiken uhallakin, hinnasta mistä hyvänsä (at any price). (various references)

French

� tout prix. (various references)

German

um jeden Preis (at any price). (various references)

Greek 

πάση θυσία. (various references)

Hebrew 

בכל מחיר. (various references)

Hungarian

mindenáron (at any rate, by any means, by fair means or foul, by hook or by crook, by hook or crook). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

万難�'�'して (at any cost, surmounting all difficulties). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ば�"な�"�'はいして (at any cost, surmounting all difficulties). (various references)

Manx

er chor erbee (anywise, at all events, at any rate, in any way so ever, leastways, nohow, noways-nowise). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay allay ostscay

Portuguese

a qualquer preço (at any price). (various references)

Romanian

cu orice preţ (by all means, by fair means or foul, by hook or by crook). (various references)

Russian 

во что бы то ни стало (at any cost, at any price, by all means), любой ценой (at all hazards, at any cost, at any price). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

po svaku cenu (cost: at all costs). (various references)

Spanish

a ultranza (decisively), a rajatabla (by hook or by crook, exactly, regardless, strictly), cueste lo que cueste. (various references)

Swedish

till varje pris. (various references)

Ukrainian

будь-якой ціной. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cattalos.

-3 letters: atlatls, catalos, cattalo, coastal.

-4 letters: allots, ascots, atlatl, atolls, callas, catalo, clasts, coalas, coasts, costal, cottas, locals, salals, salols, scalls, scatts, stalls, statal, stoats, toasts, totals.

-5 letters: allot, altos, ascot, atlas, atoll, calla, calls, calos, casas, casts, class, clast, clots, coala, coals, coast, coats, colas, colts, costa, costs, cotta, lasso, lasts, local.

+3 letters: isostatically.

+4 letters: stochastically.