English-speaker, someone from a country that speaks english i.e. Britain, US; originating from term (Anglo) referring to early northern european peoples. He is an anglophone.
The Council On State Taxation (COST) is the premier state tax organization representing taxpayers. COST is a nonprofit trade association consisting of more than 600 multistate corporations engaged in interstate and international business. COST's objective is to preserve and promote equitable and nondiscriminatory state and local taxation of multijurisdictional business entities.
Definition of cost for English Language Learners. : 1  to have (an amount of money) as a price. : 2  to cause (someone) to pay an amount of money. : 3  to cause (someone) to lose something.