cost-effective solution

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cost-effective
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒst.ɪˈfek.tɪv/us
/ˌkɑːst.ɪˈfek.tɪv/
If an activity is cost-effective, it is good value for the amount of ...
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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofcost-effectiveandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This leaves the fourth option as, arguably, the mostcost-effectivesolutionto many problems of delegation.
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One of the goals of this work was to achieve acost-effectivesolutionfor a sophisticated multi-robot control system.
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However, for such tasks, a ' farm ' of individual computers is likely to be by far the mostcost-effectivesolution.
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We only report figures for the social cost scenario, as it has already been demonstrated earlier that it produces a morecost-effectivesolutionthan the private cost strategy.
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In addition, the standard medical practice of using the 'optimal' or 'single best' treatment for an infectious disease may not be the mostcost-effectivesolutionfrom a societal standpoint.
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It may well be that such acost-effectivesolutioncan be found.
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It would be the simplest and mostcost-effectivesolution, as well as the one most appreciated by my constituents.
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We simply want the mostcost-effectivesolution, and we have not yet seen any figures to give us any indication of what that might be.
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But thecost-effectivesolutionthey come up with must be wholly consistent with the statement, whatever the cost.
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Without the amendments potential defendants could challenge any decision taken to prosecute on the basis that the prosecution was not the mostcost-effectivesolution.
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Is not the mostcost-effectivesolutionensuring that young women do not become pregnant in the first place?
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We need to look at such ideas carefully to see whether they provide a morecost-effectivesolution, but still deliver the service we require.
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It is, of course, in the fare-paying public's interest as well as that of the company and the taxpayer to achieve the mostcost-effectivesolution.
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It is reasonable for the treasurer to say to those involved in making that professional judgment that they must look for the mostcost-effectivesolution.
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Our objective is to achieve acost-effectivesolutionsatisfactory to both producers and consumers.
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We have also launched an active search for a system which makes it possible to use emission trading as acost-effectivesolution.
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For example, where there were no grant-maintained schools in the area and the onlycost-effectivesolutionwas to make a significant enlargement of an existing local authority maintained school.
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What is needed is to devise a technically and clinically coherent andcost-effectivesolutionthat would provide specialist services on both sites but with minimal duplication.
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