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cost-efficient

American  
[kawst-i-fish-uhnt, kost-] / ˈkɔst ɪˈfɪʃ ənt, ˈkɒst- /

adjective

  1. cost-effective.


Other Word Forms

  • cost-efficiency noun
  • cost-efficiently adverb

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The International Olympic Committee's stated aims are to encourage a programme that is "balanced, youth-focused and cost-efficient".

From Barron's

“If we had a more cost-efficient operation, we could scale up production,” Mecs said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Its more realistic trajectory is to become the world's largest AI adoption market, embedding AI at scale through digital public infrastructure and cost-efficient applications," she said.

From Barron's

Western drugmakers are increasingly seeking to access China’s expanding pipeline of cutting-edge therapies and tap its vast, cost-efficient research and development ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal

He warned that Nvidia’s profit margins could crumble as competitors develop their own cost-efficient chips.

From MarketWatch