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 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
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Adjective
  • Each business segment can be run against the materiality framework relevant to that segment, with the analyst identifying which risks survive the financial-materiality filter and why.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Berman also pressed his advantage as a first mover, borrowing capital from large financial firms that wanted to get into the market.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • His ability to implement policies aimed at boosting economic growth — such as reindustrialization, building more social housing and taking greater public control of utilities — will also be severely constrained by weak government finances.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Zach Lahn, who won the GOP primary bid for Iowa governor, spent about $475,000 on an ad in May that vowed to ban H-1B visa holders from being hired by Iowa government agencies and universities, linking immigration and economic concerns.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • Given an increasingly fragile fiscal backdrop, more may follow.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026
  • Lamont’s chief fiscal focus since 2020 has been on channeling $11 billion in surpluses — forced by aggressive savings rules — to whittle down a hefty pension debt created over seven decades prior to 2011.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026

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“Dollars-and-cents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollars-and-cents. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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