business case

English

Etymology

business +‎ case

Noun

business case (plural business cases)

1. (business) A reason for doing something; an explanation of the benefit of some course of action to a business.
   • 2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 74:

     The business case has been premised on a four trains per hour service from Reading to Heathrow T5, with all trains calling at Slough and alternate ones at Twyford and Maidenhead.

   • 2022 August 10, Philip Haigh, “Scotland switched on to electrification”, in RAIL, number 963, page 35:

     Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."

References

• “business case”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.