🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

benefício líquido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /bɛ.neˈfi.si.u ˈli.kwi.du/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Net-benefit/ˌnɛt ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O benefício líquido da medida foi comprovado pelo estudo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The overall advantage or profit remaining after all associated costs, drawbacks, and negative impacts have been subtracted.

    "The committee conducted a rigorous analysis to ensure the net-benefit of the proposed policy outweighed its implementation costs."
  2. 2

    In decision theory and economics, the quantitative measure of total benefits minus total costs for a specific intervention or project.

    "Healthcare economists calculate the net-benefit of the new vaccine to determine its public health value."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'net', derived from the 15th-century Middle French 'nete' meaning clear or remaining after deductions, with 'benefit', stemming from the Latin 'beneficium' meaning a kindness or favor. First emerging prominently in economic and policy analysis during the 20th century, it evolved to denote the ultimate positive value remaining after subtracting all associated costs and negative consequences.

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