dollars-and-cents

Example Sentences

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Startups have long commanded lofty valuations that have generally been less rooted in the strict dollars-and-cents metrics investors use to evaluate publicly traded companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

I welcome Ms. Beilock’s call to examine higher education’s aims, but disagree with looking at a four-year degree as, first and foremost, a dollars-and-cents value proposition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indeed, the drama of the dealmaking often exceeds its dollars-and-cents logic.

From Los Angeles Times

Even worse are the hardheaded dollars-and-cents realists of Wall Street who take this new reality as a given.

From The Wall Street Journal

The lower-paid actors who make up the vast bulk of the profession are facing simple dollars-and-cents threats to their livelihoods.

From New York Times