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cost-share

American  
[kawst-shair, kost-] / ˈkɔstˌʃɛər, ˈkɒst- /

verb (used with object)

cost-shared, cost-sharing
  1. to share the cost of.

    to cost-share a joint venture.


Etymology

Origin of cost-share

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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Following the crash, tighter regulations were introduced in October 2025 for private pilots carrying passengers under a "cost-share" arrangement - where pilot and passengers must share all costs of the flight equally.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

“The cost-share waivers were just one piece of our overall response to the covid-19 pandemic,” Lempner said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2021

In June, TerraPower announced that it would build the first Natrium reactor in Wyoming as part of a 50-50 cost-share program with the Department of Energy.

From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2021

It offered job training, resume writing, help applying for benefits and a cost-share grocery store where food was heavily discounted but not free.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2019

The proposals would tighten limits on annual spending growth, create a new website called Louisiana Checkbook to track state spending and add new cost-share and work requirements for some Medicaid patients.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2018