"cost-efficient" meaning in English

See cost-efficient in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cost-efficient [comparative], most cost-efficient [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃənt Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} cost-efficient (comparative more cost-efficient, superlative most cost-efficient)
  1. efficient with respect to cost; producing a large effect relative to cost
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