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cost-conscious en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (of a person) 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:

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