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71Operating ratio — The operating ratio is a financial term defined as a company s operating expenses as a percentage of revenue. This financial ratio is most commonly used for industries which require a large percentage of revenues to maintain operations, such as… …
72Operating Cost — Expenses associated with administering a business on a day to day basis. Operating costs include both fixed costs and variable costs. Fixed costs, such as overhead, remain the same regardless of the number of products produced; variable costs,… …
73Operating Earnings — Profits after subtracting expenses such as marketing, cost of goods sold, administration and general operating costs from revenue. Tax and interest expenses are not subtracted operating earnings are synonymous with EBIT (earnings before interest… …
74Operating Expense — A category of expenditure that a business incurs as a result of performing its normal business operations. One of the typical responsibilities that management must contend with is determining how low operating expenses can be reduced without… …
75operating profit — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms operating profit : singular operating profit plural operating profits business the profit that a company makes from its normal activities of selling goods or services …
76Company of Masters — The Company of Maisters of the Science of Defence was an organisation formed in England during the reign of Henry VIII to regulate the teaching of the Arte of Defense or fencing, using a range of weapons, including the rapier, quarterstaff, and,… …
77Operating Ratio — A ratio that shows the efficiency of a company s management by comparing operating expense to net sales. Calculated as: The smaller the ratio, the greater the organization s ability to generate profit if revenues decrease. When using this ratio,… …
78operating — [[t]ɒ̱pəreɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Operating profits and costs are the money that a company earns and spends in carrying out its ordinary trading activities, in contrast to such things as interest and investment. [TECHNICAL] The group made operating… …
79operating profit/loss — The profit or loss made by a company as a result of its principal trading activity. This is arrived at by deducting its operating expenses from its trading profit, or adding its operating expenses to its trading loss; in either case this is… …
80operating profit-loss — The profit or loss made by a company as a result of its principal trading activity. This is arrived at by deducting its operating expenses from its trading profit, or adding its operating expenses to its trading loss; in either case this is… …
