cost-effectiveness
cost-effectiveness noun: the property of being cost-effective.
Noun
cost-effectiveness (usually uncountable, plural cost-effectivenesses)
- The property of being cost-effective.
- Life is cheap, never forget it. Corporations make marketing decisions by weighing the cost of being sued for your death against the cost of making the product safer. Your life is a factor in cost-effectiveness. So when you talk about murder, don't confine your discussion to individuals.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 177
- BR had been called upon to install ATP across the entire network in the aftermath of the Clapham Junction rail crash that resulted in 35 deaths in December 1988 [...]. But progress had stalled due to the cost-effectiveness of the systems that were in development.2019 November 6, Paul Stephen, “Cowden: a crash radio could have prevented”, in Rail, page 73
Forms of cost-effectiveness
| plural | cost-effectivenesses |
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Origin of cost-effectiveness
From cost-effective + -ness.
Questions about cost-effectiveness
- What does cost-effectiveness mean?
- Cost-effectiveness means the property of being cost-effective.
- What part of speech is cost-effectiveness?
- Cost-effectiveness is a noun.
- What is the plural of cost-effectiveness?
- The plural of cost-effectiveness is cost-effectivenesses.
Words near cost-effectiveness in the dictionary
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