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cost-conscious

cost-conscious adjective: that has an awareness of costs; that is careful about spending.

Adjective

cost-conscious (comparative more cost-conscious, superlative most cost-conscious)

  1. That has an awareness of costs; that is careful about spending.
    • Mr. Osborn told the Railway Students, "that the running of the railways is a business. All levels of management and staff must become more cost-conscious and the pursuit of profitability must loom larger in decision-making."1962 April, “Talking of Trains: Short-sighted approach to profits?”, in Modern Railways, page 219

Forms of cost-conscious

comparativemore cost-conscious
superlativemost cost-conscious

Questions about cost-conscious

What does cost-conscious mean?
Cost-conscious means that has an awareness of costs; that is careful about spending.
What part of speech is cost-conscious?
Cost-conscious is an adjective.

Words near cost-conscious in the dictionary

  1. cost-
  2. cost-benefit analyses
  3. cost-benefit analysis
  4. cost-book
  5. cost-books
  6. cost-conscious
  7. cost-cutting
  8. cost-effective
  9. cost-effectively
  10. cost-effectiveness
  11. cost-efficient

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