bang for buck
Worth per dollar
Bang for buck is value relative to cost—how much you get for what you spend.
The phrase comes from military budget debates about weapons procurement but now applies broadly to any purchase or investment: This laptop gives you the most bang for your buck in its price range.
Often appears with modifiers: more bang for your buck, best bang for the buck.
- valueImportance or price
- good valueWorth the cost
- dealAgreement or distribution
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- cheapLow in price
savings · discount · worth · investment · payoff · return · stretch · dollar · penny · penny pincher · thrifty · economical · savvy · steal · score · budget · tight budget · maximize
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- pricingpricing, discount price, overpricing, discounts, overcharge
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
bang for buckrip-off
Grossly overpriced exchange
waste of money · bad deal · money pit · overpriced · false economy
bang for buckextravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
profligacy · wastefulness · throwing good money after bad · conspicuous consumption · squandering
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