From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdollars-and-centsˌdollars-and-ˈcents adjective [only before noun] American English PEBFfinancial From a dollars-and-cents point of view, this idea just won’t work.
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dollars-and-cents• It's an interesting idea, but from a dollars-and-cents point of view it just won't work. 