Pros and Cons
Barron's Business Dictionary:
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Pros and Cons
Strategic advantages and disadvantages regarding a particular situation. For example, the pros and cons of launching a new product at a particular time have to be weighed in terms of competitive and other market factors.
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
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pros and cons
Arguments or considerations for and against something, as in We'd best weigh all the pros and cons before we decide to add a new wing to the library. This idiom is taken from the Latin pro for "for" and con for "against." [Late 1500s]
Marine Corps Dictionary:
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Pros and Cons
Proficiency and conduct marks given to Marines to the rank of sergeant by their supervisors. They are part of the formula used for promotion. Each is between 0 (totally unsat, probably not breathing) and 4 (God, on a good day).
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