cost-wise

adverb

In terms of cost, in terms of pricing.

OriginProto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← English cost →
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Meanings

adverbcost-wise (comparative more cost-wise, superlative most cost-wise)

comparative more cost-wise · superlative most cost-wise · alternative cost wise · alternative costwise

  1. In terms of cost, in terms of pricing.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  7. Proto-Italic*staējō
  8. Proto-Italic*staēō
  9. Proto-Italic*komstaēō
  10. Latincōnstō
  11. Medieval Latincōstō
  12. Old Frenchcoster
  13. Middle Englishcostendeverb.
  14. Middle Englishcost
  15. Englishcost
  16. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  18. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  19. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  20. Englishcost-wise

From cost + -wise.

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APA

cost-wise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cost-wise

MLA

“cost-wise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cost-wise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cost-wise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cost-wise.

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