cost-effective

  • 11cost effective — adjective bringing the best possible profits or advantages for the lowest possible costs: Recruitment and training have to be planned in the most cost effective way. cost effectively adverb cost effectiveness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12cost-effective — adjective Date: 1967 economical in terms of tangible benefits produced by money spent < cost effective measures to combat poverty > • cost effectiveness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13cost-effective — /ˌkɒstɪ fektɪv/ adjective which gives good value when compared with the original cost ● We find advertising in the Sunday newspapers very cost effective …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 14cost-effective — /ˌkɒstɪ fektɪv/ adjective which gives good value when compared with the original cost ● We find advertising in the Sunday newspapers very cost effective …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 15cost-effective — adj. Cost effective is used with these nouns: ↑solution, ↑way …

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  • 16cost-effective — worthwhile. Usually a determination of whether repairing a vehicle is worth the expense in comparison with junking or selling it in favor of purchasing a newer vehicle. If you spend a $1000 to repair a vehicle worth $20,000, that is cost&#8230; …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 17Cost effective minimum water network — is a holistic framework for water conservation which considers all conceivable methods to save water based on the water management hierarchy. This framework, which is applicable for industrial as well as urban systems was first developed by Wan&#8230; …

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  • 18cost-effective — cost effectively, adv. cost effectiveness, n. /kawst i fek tiv, kost /, adj. producing optimum results for the expenditure. Also, cost efficient. * * * …

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  • 19cost-effective — cost′ effec′tive adj. bus producing optimum results for the expenditure; economical • Etymology: 1965–70 cost′ effec′tively, adv. cost′ effec′tiveness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20cost-effective — adjective effective or productive in relation to its cost. Derivatives cost effectively adverb cost effectiveness noun …

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