Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

costware

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cost-ware
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Commercial software.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There are two paths to travel in Eudora-land. The 1.* versions are freeware, the 2.* versions are costware. The big difference between the two is filtering, a darn useful feature. 2.1 is the latest and greatest costware version."
"Anybody know of any shareware (or costware) that will create 3D fonts for Autocad?????"
"The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commercial use."
"Now my questions: 1) wich components should I install on the publishing server? 2) where do I get it? 3) do I need to restart the server after setup? 4) is the software I install costware?"
"I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without trying it out."

Etymology

From cost + -ware.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cost

Usage

Synonyms

buyware payware

Antonyms

free software freeware

Questions

What does costware mean?: Commercial software.
Where does costware come from?: From cost + -ware.

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