cost-effectiveness
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.02 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Life is cheap, never forget it. Corporations make marketing decisions by weighing the cost of being sued for your death against the cost of making the product safer. Your life is a factor in cost-effectiveness. So when you talk about murder, don't confine your discussion to individuals."
- "BR had been called upon to install ATP across the entire network in the aftermath of the Clapham Junction rail crash that resulted in 35 deaths in December 1988 [...]. But progress had stalled due to the cost-effectiveness of the systems that were in development."
Etymology
Etymology tree English cost-effective Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English cost-effectiveness From cost-effective + -ness.
Usage
Inflected Forms
cost-effectivenesses (plural)