needs-cost

English

Etymology

From Middle English needis cost, nedes cost, from needes (genitive of need (“need”)) + cost (“means”); synchronically analyzable as a univerbation of needs +‎ cost.

Adverb

needs-cost (not comparable)

Of necessity or need; necessarily.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonym: needs must

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