time is money

idiom

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

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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 Software can save team members time, but in a revenue model where time is money, cutting back on time is a problem. Chris Mele, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025 Note that the cash rebate offers cited below are in addition to the dealer’s discount, which should be generous on outgoing 2014 vehicles, as time is money in the new-car business. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 After all, time is money, so there's a cost to delaying good financial decisions or prolonging bad ones, like keeping too much cash or putting off doing an estate plan. Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 When working with a fractional employee, time is money. Heidi Davidson, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 In business, time is money, and the future of automation is already here. Sunil Ranka, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 And time is money; when technicians are spending more time on repairs, the cost will be greater. Steve Patton, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024

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“Time is money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20is%20money. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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