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cost-benefit
[ kawst-ben-uh-fit, kost- ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or based on a cost-effective analysis.
cost-benefit
adjective
- denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
a cost-benefit analysis
the project was assessed on a cost-benefit basis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cost-benefit1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
But now is not a good time to have a cost-benefit discussion, and there may never be a good time.
From The Daily Beast
Nor am I going to go through the various cost-benefit reasons that we might want to allow guns, such as defensive uses.
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But what appears to be the cost/benefit calculation of our military is troubling.
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