It boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics
Generally speaking, in a cost-benefit analysis done by a government, “cost” is defined as the negative aspect of what will happen if the government decides to go through with whatever they're debating. It's what the government will lose as a result of this action.
One of the reasons why the Indian Removal Act was more expensive than the government had planned was that "<span>The Seminole people resisted and cost the government money in war costs", although there was moving costs related to this issue as well.</span>
