costware

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English

Etymology

From cost +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

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Noun

costware (uncountable)

  1. (computing, slang, rare) Commercial software.
    Synonyms: buyware, payware
    Antonyms: free software, freeware
    • 1994 September 27, Michael Sattler, San Francisco, “Why All The Different Eudora Versions?”, in comp.sys.mac.comm‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:
      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.
    • 1997 February 10, Vinal Applebee, “3D Fonts”, in comp.cad.autocad‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:
      Anybody know of any shareware (or costware) that will create 3D fonts for Autocad?????
    • 1997 July 6, Chris Cox, “plugin is costware now?”, in comp.lang.tcl‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:
      The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commercial use.
    • 1999 March 23, Andrea Gasperi, “Please Help (Tomorrow on pubblishing)”, in microsoft.public.vinterdev‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:
      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?
    • 2000 May 2, pegleg, “CompuPic Pro vs ThumbsPlus”, in rec.photo.digital‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:
      I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without trying it out.

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