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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a lesser cost" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when comparing costs, indicating that one option is cheaper than another. Example: "By choosing the alternative supplier, we can achieve the same quality at a lesser cost."
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Apple's iPad is currently used by the NHS, publishers and other office-based industries, where it is often used instead of a laptop – with increased security, battery life and portability for a lesser cost than laptop alternatives.
As a study for the United Nations Environment Programme notes, a record 39GW of solar photovoltaic capacity was constructed in 2013 at a lesser cost than the 2012 total of 31GW.
This leads to achievement of customers' needs thereby attaining customer satisfaction at a lesser cost.
The focus of every manager is achievement of objectives at a lesser cost.
The partition can be constructed for a lesser cost in terms of the number of accessed pages.
The opportunity to move columns for a lesser cost will allow us to perform on-line vertical partitioning for column-stores.
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The main difference will be that while both men ended up losing their wars, McNamara could not prevent the country from having to pay a terrible price, while Rumsfeld will have lost his unwinnable war at a far lesser cost to us, at least in American lives.
Draw on the big pool of specialized talent that is available in some developing countries that is willing to work for a far lesser cost.
With outsourcing, the need for training more staff can be curtailed to a great extent as the job is taken care of by the outsourcing firm for a far lesser cost.
This results from the observation that two T L in a row can be replaced by single T L, leading to a reconciliation of lesser cost.
The promise of targeted treatments is that, because of their specificity for the tumor cell's signaling machinery, they could potentially suppress tumor growth for a prolonged period and at lesser cost to quality of life.
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