You could tie it in with eBay and re-coup some of the hefty legal costs.

Even Sony is evaluating whether that hefty cost makes sense.

There is one catch: The consortium has to raise its own money to build the system, at a hefty estimated cost of $5.7 billion.

The companies were paid flat fees instead of relying on box-office income, and they avoided paying the center's hefty rental costs.

But its hefty cost will certainly diminish profits.

Throughout the 1970s, despite the initial hefty cost of digital watches, the popularity of said devices steadily rose.

It was a lot of money for a defense team already facing hefty legal costs, and it was a long shot.

But for the pittance they took, their victims paid a hefty cost.

Those hefty costs might explain why Mr. Owens said some designers have left him for other agents.

But many people feel that overdraft protection, which avoids the hefty cost of a bounced check, takes care of such problems.