Snaudos

Snaudos is a Lithuanian noun meaning benefits, advantages, or profits. It is the plural form of snauda and refers to favorable outcomes arising from a policy, project, decision, or situation.

In formal usage, snaudos are analyzed and compared with costs to evaluate overall value. The term appears in economics, policy analysis, law, and academic writing. It is often used in discussions of cost–benefit analyses, program evaluation, and strategic planning. The counterpart concept is nuostoliai, meaning losses or harms.

Linguistic notes: snauda is feminine. The nominative singular is snauda, while the nominative plural is snaudos. The related term nauda is more widely used in everyday speech to mean benefit; snauda emphasizes the specific advantages or gains of a particular action in a formal context.

Examples: The policy's snaudos include reduced emissions, lower healthcare costs, and improved public safety. Critics caution that initial investments may delay some snaudos. In evaluating the project, analysts weighed the snaudos against the required capital and potential risks.

See also: nauda, nuostoliai, cost-benefit analysis.