more bang for the buck
to get more value for the money spent
TRANSLATION
more bang for the buck = mehr für sein Geld bekommen --- GOOGLE INDEX bang for the buck: approximately 2,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Innovation: Methane capture gives MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK
(NewScientist magazine - article headline)
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US agencies in charge of more than $7 billion in grants for high-speed broadband networks have been urged to deliver the best BANG FOR THE BUCK.
(BBC News)
(NewScientist magazine - article headline)
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US agencies in charge of more than $7 billion in grants for high-speed broadband networks have been urged to deliver the best BANG FOR THE BUCK.
(BBC News)
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bang for the buck
idiom
- value in exchange for money or effort
(Cambridge Dictionary Of American Idioms)
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In his 1968 book "New Language of Politics", American journalist William Safire claims that the expression "bang for the buck" was coined in 1954 by then U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson.
In reference to the policy of so-called "massive retaliation" developed by the U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, which called for an all-out nuclear response, Wilson was quoted as saying this strategy would provide "a bigger bang for a buck".
The "bang" in this context refers to weapons or fire power and "buck" means money (buck has long been colloquial for the U.S. dollar). As used in this expression, bang meanwhile refers to value or worth. Another way to put it, would be to simply say "to get more for your money."
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You'll get more bang for the buck if you buy a monthly ticket for the subway."
idiom
- value in exchange for money or effort
(Cambridge Dictionary Of American Idioms)
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In his 1968 book "New Language of Politics", American journalist William Safire claims that the expression "bang for the buck" was coined in 1954 by then U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson.
In reference to the policy of so-called "massive retaliation" developed by the U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, which called for an all-out nuclear response, Wilson was quoted as saying this strategy would provide "a bigger bang for a buck".
The "bang" in this context refers to weapons or fire power and "buck" means money (buck has long been colloquial for the U.S. dollar). As used in this expression, bang meanwhile refers to value or worth. Another way to put it, would be to simply say "to get more for your money."
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You'll get more bang for the buck if you buy a monthly ticket for the subway."
