"cost-benefit analysis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cost-benefit analyses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|cost-benefit analyses}} cost-benefit analysis (countable and uncountable, plural cost-benefit analyses)
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: business, economics, finance, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'methodology to appraise the case for a project': 97 3
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cost benefit analysis Related terms: felicific calculus

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