Dictionary

cost-effective en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Returning a benefit that justifies the initial investment; economical.
   • "Secondly, we have to find more cost-effective ways of electrifying. And we've had a real breakthrough in the last couple of years in terms of bridge clearances and immunisation, meaning we've been able to take hundreds of millions of pounds off the cost of electrification. 2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33:

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Deriveds

cost-effectiveness · cost-effectively

Translations (15)

hu költséghatékony (return of benefit justifying an investment) · sv lönsam (return of benefit justifying an investment) · da omkostningseffektiv (return of benefit justifying an investment) · fi taloudellinen (return of benefit justifying an investment) · de kosteneffizient (return of benefit justifying an investment) · ga cost-éifeachtúil (return of benefit justifying an investment) · nn kostnadseffektiv (return of benefit justifying an investment) · da kosteffektiv (return of benefit justifying an investment) · nb kostnadseffektiv (return of benefit justifying an investment) · sv kostnadseffektiv (return of benefit justifying an investment) · eo profitiga (return of benefit justifying an investment) · sv lönande (return of benefit justifying an investment) · fi kustannustehokas (return of benefit justifying an investment) · fr rentable (return of benefit justifying an investment) · pl opłacalny (return of benefit justifying an investment)