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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This cost-benefit calculus would not be favorable for the United States, especially in the early days of a war with China when the country’s air defense network is fully operating.
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Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
Part of this process is thinking carefully about the cost-benefit trade-offs of expressing your anger.
—Laura Rees, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Such a cost-benefit analysis of whether to accept $9.9 million in 2025-26 dead money plus the cost of a replacement shooter could come down to what is seen from Robinson over the balance of the schedule.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
On these matters, he is not guided by rational cost-benefit analysis or dealmaking so much as by real animus against democracy, liberalism, and the West, together with a determination to resurrect the Russian empire.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025
Part of this process is thinking carefully about the cost-benefit trade-offs of expressing your anger.
—Laura Rees, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Such a cost-benefit analysis of whether to accept $9.9 million in 2025-26 dead money plus the cost of a replacement shooter could come down to what is seen from Robinson over the balance of the schedule.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
On these matters, he is not guided by rational cost-benefit analysis or dealmaking so much as by real animus against democracy, liberalism, and the West, together with a determination to resurrect the Russian empire.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Cost-benefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost-benefit. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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