"bang for the buck" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "bang for one's buck",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bang from the buck",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "bang for the buck (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you think he would get as much bang for the buck out of a fancier, more expensive car?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 30:",
          "text": "And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. \"It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Efficiency; cost-effectiveness; value."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Efficiency",
          "efficiency"
        ],
        [
          "cost-effective",
          "cost-effective"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Efficiency; cost-effectiveness; value."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bounce to the ounce"
        },
        {
          "word": "worthwhileness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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  "word": "bang for the buck"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bang from the buck",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "bang for the buck (uncountable)",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Do you think he would get as much bang for the buck out of a fancier, more expensive car?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 30:",
          "text": "And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. \"It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Efficiency; cost-effectiveness; value."
      ],
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        [
          "Efficiency",
          "efficiency"
        ],
        [
          "cost-effective",
          "cost-effective"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Efficiency; cost-effectiveness; value."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bounce to the ounce"
    },
    {
      "word": "worthwhileness"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bang for the buck"
}