more bang for the buck

1. Also, more bounce for the ounce. More value for one's money, a greater return on an investment. For example, Buying a condominium is better than renting for years and years; more bang for the buck, or We always get the largest packages of dog food—more bounce for the ounce. The first term originated in the late 1960s in the military for expenditures for firepower and soon was extended to mean an increased financial return or better value. The variant originated in the mid-1900s as an advertising slogan for a carbonated soft drink.

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Muons provide more bang for the buck than the protons used in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and would push the search for new forces and particles deeper than ever into the unknown.

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For a little more bang for the buck, consider a $160 racing team sweatshirt and a $40 Las Vegas Grand Prix baseball cap, though again the tax would be on the consumer.

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Although building a treatment center is unrealistic, they're looking at low-cost programs that can deliver more bang for the buck.

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The size of a police force is not irrelevant to crime reduction, but we will get more bang for the buck if we expand by spending our dollars on neighborhood teams of community partners, CSP-trained officers and experts who can execute holistic safety plans in hot zones.

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“It can be more cost-effective to distribute the foundation’s expense over more floors, and you get more bang for the buck.”

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