cost-benefit analysis

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   an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs

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Questions about cost-benefit analysis

What does cost-benefit analysis mean?

cost-benefit analysis means "an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs".

Is cost-benefit analysis a common word?

cost-benefit analysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.