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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Considered or expressed in terms of money or profits.
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Examples
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How much sense does that make in dollars-and-cents terms?
Richard (RJ) Eskow: By the Time You Read This: Why the Mortgage Crisis Dwarfs Almost Everything RJ 2011
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How much sense does that make in dollars-and-cents terms?
Richard (RJ) Eskow: By the Time You Read This: Why the Mortgage Crisis Dwarfs Almost Everything RJ 2011
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The programs, developed by Texas child-support officials, focus on the legal responsibilities, emotional toll and dollars-and-cents realities of life as a teen parent.
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The answer was Pentagon bureaucrat David Chu, the tall, slender, cerebral economist who ran the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, PA&E, whose by-the-numbers, dollars-and-cents assessments could torpedo an expensive procurement.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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The programs, developed by Texas child-support officials, focus on the legal responsibilities, emotional toll and dollars-and-cents realities of life as a teen parent.
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In a statement, Craig Brimhall, vice president of retirement wealth strategies, said that underlying dollars-and-cents issues played a big role in the outcomes.
Los Angeles Ranks Lowest, Minneapolis Highest In Retirement Readiness William P. Barrett 2010
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The answer was Pentagon bureaucrat David Chu, the tall, slender, cerebral economist who ran the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, PA&E, whose by-the-numbers, dollars-and-cents assessments could torpedo an expensive procurement.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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But the best way to justify spending this money to dollars-and-cents hard-hearted types is probably to point out that when we allow parts of the world to descend into violent chaos, it usually ends up costing us much much more.
Senate Moves on AIDS Bill - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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We talked about music, not as a dollars-and-cents business but as comfort and binder.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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We talked about music, not as a dollars-and-cents business but as comfort and binder.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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