'settle the costs' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of expending an agreed amount of money to pay for goods or services. For example, "After negotiation, the parties agreed to settle the costs of the project at $30,000."
When the movie winds down, and the dust has begun to settle, the cost to the town in destruction of its social fabric seems hardly worth the personal victory that has been won.
Cases jammed the courts and by the time they were settled, the costs ballooned with years of retroactive refunds, plus steep interest.
If you're lost in a larger town or city, the AAA advises hiring a taxi driver to lead you to your destination, settling the cost in advance.
Brisol-Myers Brisol-Myers Squibbe on Monday it has settled the cost of litigation over its anti-anxiety drug BuSpar for $200 million, The will Street Journannounceted.
Irving had made two offers to settle the interim costs order, both of which were rejected by Penguin.
Fighting to the death would therefore be unnecessary to settle the dispute and costs of injuries would be minimized.
Later on, you can include this figure as you settle up the costs.
Bridgestone officials said the tire troubles were likely to cost the company far more than the $350 million reflected in the accounting charge, which does not include reserves to settle the lawsuits or cover the cost of recalls that are expected in other countries.
Union officials argue that Yale can settle the dispute at minimum cost.
Then, with the Japanese government growing nervous that a bitter trade row might spoil the G8 summit that it is hosting in Okinawa this weekend, the word went out from the LDP leadership to settle the negotiations at all cost.
