time is money

idiom

used to say that a person's time is as valuable as money

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Because of this, 40 percent said contract negotiations are causing slowdowns in operations—and time is money. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025 That’s no easy feat, since coming to grips with environmental destruction is overwhelming and anxiety-inducing for most people and reducing climate impacts on film sets, where time is money, calls for balancing expectations with reality. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 And in a world where time is money, conditions are ripe for a perfect storm of greed, deceit, and willful gullibility—all in the hope of getting ahead faster than the rest. Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 And in private equity, where holding periods are short and margins thin, time is money. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 9 July 2025 And when time is money, any optimization helps—roughly three in five bosses say that including skills tests in the hiring process has cut down their overall time-to-hire. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 July 2025

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“Time is money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20is%20money. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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