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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cost-benefit
noun
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▪ In the light of this we briefly consider rules and laissez-faire approaches to mergers as alternatives to that of pragmatic cost-benefit.

Usage examples of "cost-benefit".

It would mean going through a total cost-benefit analysis strictly from the point of view of the victims and potential victims of each type of crime.

A critical review of problems in cost-benefit analysis by an economist who supports the tool but acknowledges that opponents sometimes have a point.

There is some cost-benefit analysis which must be applied, and if the comfort, consolation and hope delivered by mysticism and superstition is high, and the dangers of belief comparatively low, should we not keep our misgivings to ourselves?

Doing a cost-benefit analysis to figure out whether it's worthwhile to save an endangered deity is so coldblooded that it's one of my least favorite parts of the job.

They accept the cost-benefit analysis produced for them because they trust the cybercosm.

In terms of game theory, doing a cost-benefit sort of analysis&mdash.