"cost-benefit analysis" meaning in All languages combined

See cost-benefit analysis on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cost-benefit analyses [plural]
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  1. (finance, economics) A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics, Finance Translations (methodology to appraise the case for a project): 成本效益分析 (chéngběn xiàoyì fēnxi) (Chinese Mandarin), kosten-batenanalyse [feminine] (Dutch), kostutileca analizo (Esperanto), kustannus-hyötyanalyysi (Finnish), Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse [feminine] (German), Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung [feminine] (German), költség-haszon elemzés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cost-benefit_analysis-en-noun-TJoy6wEK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52 Topics: business, economics, finance, sciences Disambiguation of 'methodology to appraise the case for a project': 96 4
  2. Any comparison of costs and benefits. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cost-benefit_analysis-en-noun-zj4wuHNb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cost benefit analysis Related terms: felicific calculus

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