cost benefit
Value versus expense
Cost benefit describes the relationship between what something costs and what advantages it provides.
A cost-benefit analysis weighs expenses against potential gains to determine whether an action is worthwhile: The cost-benefit analysis showed the project wasn't worth pursuing.
Often hyphenated as cost-benefit when used as an adjective.
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- pros and consFavorable and unfavorable points
- tradeoffExchange involving sacrifice
- ROIProfit-to-cost ratio
- bang for buckReturn on investment
investment · return · value · expense · gain · net gain · loss · calculation · number crunching · efficiency · worth · payoff · risk · reward · assessment · due diligence · evaluation · outlay
- decision makingchoice, preference, picking, selection, options
- evaluationreview, assessing, feedback, comparing, judgment
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- decisionschoice, make a decision, choices, yes, no
cost benefitimpulse
Sudden urge to act
gut feeling · intuition · snap judgment · whim · impulsive
cost benefitinstant gratification
Satisfaction without delay
live for today · short-termism · immediacy · carpe diem · reckless abandon
cost, benefit, costs, costing, costly, costliness, benefits, benefiting, benefited