cost benefit analysis
cost benefit analysis is the alternative spelling of cost-benefit analysis.
Meaning of cost-benefit analysis
Noun
cost-benefit analysis (countable and uncountable, plural cost-benefit analyses)
- A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal.
- Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line […] but years later than...1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 361
- Any comparison of costs and benefits.
Forms of cost benefit analysis
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Questions about cost benefit analysis
- What is cost benefit analysis the alternative spelling of?
- Cost benefit analysis is the alternative spelling of cost-benefit analysis.
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