more bang for your buck

more bang for (one's)/the buck

Greater value for the amount of money one is spending. It isn't one of the most popular brands, but this high-definition TV will give you way more bang for your buck.
See also: bang, buck, more
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

more bang for your buck

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more bang for the buck

INFORMAL
If you get more bang for your buck or more bang for the buck, you get a bigger quantity or better quality of something for the same amount of money. While desktop computers still give you more bang for your buck, today's notebooks are capable of more than just basic office work. Companies are scrambling to find new ways of delivering more bang for the client's buck. Note: You can also say that someone gets a bigger bang for their buck or a bigger bang for the buck. I think it's very, very important for those governments to do whatever they can to get a bigger bang for the buck. Note: You can also say that someone gets little bang for the buck, when they get less than they expected for the amount of money they spent. The company is getting little bang for its buck.
See also: bang, buck, more
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • cooking for one
  • 1FTR
  • as one door closes, another one opens
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