Definition of dollars-and-centsnext
as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments a dollars-and-cents analysis of the situation

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Recent Examples of dollars-and-cents But this isn’t a dollars-and-cents calculation so much as a political judgment. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Such randomness has real dollars-and-cents consequences, the researchers argue, because there’s a chance that a pricier, more advanced GPU won’t deliver better performance than an older model chip. — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Apr. 2026 There could be a dollars-and-cents calculation based on medical costs and out-of-work time. — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 For Emma, what could have been a simple dollars-and-cents decision was far more complicated. — Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 18 Sep. 2025 The numbers have serious impacts on dollars-and-cents issues, from the size of the nation’s workforce to the number of people drawing off programs such as Social Security and Medicare. — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 4 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollars-and-cents
Adjective
  • Authority executives, meanwhile, have proposed changes to how the agency manages its financial consulting agreements, changes that could reduce outside oversight.
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The suspect may have had a financial grievance, and authorities are investigating whether it's tied to the bank, sources told ABC News.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Yet artificial intelligence investment has become a key engine of US economic expansion.
    — , CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Wyoming investment extends beyond Google said the $17 billion investment is intended to deliver long-term economic benefits to Laramie County and the wider state.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The fiscal guardrails have allowed the state to pay an additional $11 billion toward paying down pension debt.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Those supported by anti-CTU groups, meanwhile, talked up fiscal restraint and independence from City Hall and Mayor Brandon Johnson, a former organizer with the union.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Dollars-and-cents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollars-and-cents. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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