cost-benefit
[kawst-ben-uh-fit, kost-]
- of, relating to, or based on a cost-effective analysis.
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Origin of cost-benefit
First recorded in 1925–30
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But now is not a good time to have a cost-benefit discussion, and there may never be a good time.
cost-benefit
- 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 generatesa cost-benefit analysis; the project was assessed on a cost-benefit basis
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