Cost-effective

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    productive relative to the cost wordnet

Synonyms

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cost-efficient

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"A cost-effective way to explore the Solar System was to send thousands of robotic probes to scour celestial bodies for data."

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