cost-benefit

[ kawst-ben-uh-fit, kost- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or based on a cost-effective analysis.

cost-benefit

adjective

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cost-benefit¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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.

From The Daily Beast

But what appears to be the cost/benefit calculation of our military is troubling.

From The Daily Beast