cost-saving
Reducing financial outlay
Cost-saving describes something that reduces expenses: cost-saving measures, cost-saving technology.
As a noun, a cost saving (or cost savings) is money not spent that otherwise would have been: The new system produced significant cost savings.
The hyphenated form typically modifies nouns; unhyphenated forms work as nouns.
Allocating funds systematically
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- cutbacksReductions in spending
discounts · bargains · reductions · austerity · parsimony · cheapness · minimalism · conservation
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- leanLacking fat; incline
- automationSelf-operating system design
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
consolidation · restructuring · downsizing · simplification · retrenchment · productivity · workflow · standardization
Profit-to-cost ratio
- marginEdge of a page
- revenueBusiness income total
- profitabilityCapacity to generate gain
- cashflowNet money movement
budget · fiscal · overhead · capital · expenditure · break-even · depreciation · amortization
Not harming the environment
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- greenColor of vegetation
- renewableCapable of restoration
- energy-efficientUsing minimal power
recycling · upcycling · solar · insulation · paperless · LED · composting · carpooling
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- prudentExercising sound judgment
cutbacks · discounts · bargains · reductions · austerity · parsimony · cheapness · minimalism · conservation · sensible
streamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- leanLacking fat; incline
- automationSelf-operating system design
outsourcing · consolidation · restructuring · downsizing · simplification · retrenchment · productivity · workflow · standardization · renegotiation
ROI
Profit-to-cost ratio
- marginEdge of a page
- revenueBusiness income total
- profitabilityCapacity to generate gain
cashflow · budget · fiscal · overhead · capital · expenditure · break-even · depreciation · amortization · scalability
eco-friendly
Not harming the environment
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- greenColor of vegetation
- renewableCapable of restoration
energy-efficient · recycling · upcycling · solar · insulation · paperless · LED · composting · carpooling · telecommuting
cost-savingcostly
High in price
expensive · wasteful · extravagant · uneconomical · profligate
cost-savingextravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
lavish · profligate · spendthrift · wasteful · splurging
save, cost, saving, costs, savings, costly, savior, salvage, accost