"entails costs" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the financial costs associated with taking a certain course of action or undertaking a particular task. For example, "Bringing in new technology entails costs, but the potential for increased efficiency makes it worthwhile."
The lack of food security for such people, and the social insecurity it entails, costs Britain dearly.
True, monitoring other vendors entails costs, but an open-platform approach could easily fund itself through royalties or fees.
Designing conservation areas entails costs that, if considered explicitly, can be minimized while still achieving conservation targets.
However, a migration process entails costs and risks that depend on the characteristics of both the architecture of the source system and the target client server platform.
Yesterday, the Spanish newspaper Público quoted the Catalan police union's estimate, that "the mere deployment of the Mossos d'Esquadra entails costs of €150,000 for each of the four days of the Bilderberg meeting".
Contrary to claims in the literature that "equity is expensive" and that regulation requiring more equity in the funding mix entails costs to society, such regulation actually helps create useful commitment for banks to avoid the inefficiently high borrowing that comes under laissez-faire.
Avoiding mechanical (speed, torque) sensors in electric motor control entails cost reduction and reliability improvement.
In a recent column, I noted that some experts don't consider gold an appropriate asset in a typical diversified investment portfolio, partly because it generates no earnings, yet holding it entails cost.
This is because disclosing environmental information entails cost, which firms will only bear when there is sufficient profit beyond fulfilling shareholders' obligation (Brammer and Pavelin 2006).
This study supports that the treatment of RRMS with glatiramer acetate entails cost savings derived from reduced expenses in therapy cost, relapse management and spasticity improvement when compared to interferon-β.
Exit may also entail costs.
