They can avoid the steep upfront cost of the tax.

However, these successes came at a very steep cost for the Wehrmacht.

Whatever a major Israeli ground offensive might achieve in military terms would have far too steep a political and diplomatic cost.

But it has also come at a steep cost.

A major accomplishment was finding ways to reduce the steep cost of weather insurance.

Faced with the steep cost of the new drugs, many prison systems are moving haltingly to begin using them.

But reducing inventory has come at a steep cost.

The steep cost of an education has become a problem for voters of all ages.

But that victory has brought a steep cost here and few of the benefits American officials had hoped for.

Staying closed on Sundays can come at a steep cost.