(fig) ? Preis m; in any respect costs, at any cost ? um jeden Preis; Regardless of the cost ? kostet es, was es wolle; on the cost of one’s wellbeing/job/marriage and so forth ? auf Kosten seiner Gesundheit/Stelle/Ehe and so on; at great/minimal private cost ? unter großen/geringen eigenen Kosten; he learned to his cost that … ? er machte die