Meanings
plural cost-effectivenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being cost-effective.
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 731 more example
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
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 性价比
- 性价比 (xìngjiàbǐ)cost-effectiveness
German Kosteneffizienz
- Kosteneffizienzcost-effectiveness
Irish cost-éifeachtúlacht, éifeachtúlacht chostais
- cost-éifeachtúlachtcost-effectiveness
- éifeachtúlacht chostaiscost-effectiveness
Japanese コストパフォーマンス, 費用対効果
- コストパフォーマンス (kosuto pafōmansu)cost-effectiveness
- 費用対効果 (hiyōtaikōka)cost-effectiveness
- コスパ (kosupa)cost-effectiveness
Portuguese custo-benefício
- custo-benefíciocost-effectiveness
Swedish kostnadseffektivitet
- kostnadseffektivitetcost-effectiveness
Cite this entry
cost-effectiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cost-effectiveness
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