"cost-effectiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cost-effectivenesses [plural]
Etymology: cost-effective + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cost-effective|ness}} cost-effective + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cost-effectiveness (usually uncountable, plural cost-effectivenesses)
  1. The property of being cost-effective. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (cost-effectiveness): Wirtschaflichkeit [feminine] (German), Rentabilität [feminine] (German), cost-éifeachtúlacht [feminine] (Irish), éifeachtúlacht chostais [feminine] (Irish), コストパフォーマンス (kosuto pafōmansu) (Japanese), 費用対効果 (hiyōtaikōka) (Japanese), コスパ (kosupa) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-cost-effectiveness-en-noun-64h4IYLN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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