idiom
Time is Money
tym iz MUN-ee
/taɪm ɪz ˈmʌniː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
timeismoney
Dictionary meaning
A proverbial expression emphasising that time is a valuable resource and that wasting it is equivalent to wasting money; attributed to Benjamin Franklin in his 1748 essay 'Advice to a Young Tradesman', it underpins modern concepts of productivity and opportunity cost.
Examples
- The consultant charged by the hour and kept meetings ruthlessly short — time is money in his line of work.
- The entrepreneur told her team: time is money, so let's cut the meeting and ship the product.
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