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View synonyms for cost-effective

cost-effective

[ kawst-i-fek-tiv, kost- ]

adjective

  1. producing optimum results for the expenditure.


cost-effective

adjective

  1. providing adequate financial return in relation to outlay


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Derived Forms

  • cost-effectiveness, noun

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Other Words From

  • cost-ef·fective·ly adverb
  • cost-ef·fective·ness noun

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Example Sentences

The ad, he said, “got my name out there in a cost-effective way.”

Critics say the program is not cost-effective, that academic gains made at the end of a year fade over time.

And so the national PREA standards lay out concrete, practical, and cost-effective procedures for officials to follow.

Comedy is a cost-effective tactic to unmask this insecurity and undermine tyranny around the world.

It may be cheaper or more cost-effective to take action now than to wait and find we have to pay much more later.

Bedevilled by limited financial resources, they regard the new medium as a cost effective way of disseminating their messages.

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