cost-benefit
adjective
cost-ben·e·fit
ˈkȯs(t)-ˈbe-nə-ˌfit 
: of, relating to, or being economic analysis that assigns a numerical value to the cost-effectiveness of an operation, procedure, or program
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As a result, Aaronson said utilities’ cost-benefit analysis of burying lines is changing.
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Wouldn’t a cost-benefit analysis done by the city and SANDAG make sense here in these very tight budget days?
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Leaders tend to project their own cost-benefit logic onto opponents who do not share it.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, England, said that while some countries offer a MenB booster vaccine to adolescents, the results of cost-benefit studies mean that UK officials decided not to do so.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Wouldn’t a cost-benefit analysis done by the city and SANDAG make sense here in these very tight budget days?
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Leaders tend to project their own cost-benefit logic onto opponents who do not share it.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, England, said that while some countries offer a MenB booster vaccine to adolescents, the results of cost-benefit studies mean that UK officials decided not to do so.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Cost-benefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost-benefit. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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