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21net profits — Profits after deduction of all expenses; may be classified as net before or after taxes. Deducting the cost of goods sold from sales gives the gross profit. Deducting the operating expenses (overhead) from gross profit gives the operating profit …
22undivided profits — Profits of a corporation which have neither been distributed as dividends nor carried to surplus account. Edwards v Douglas, 269 US 204, 70 L Ed 235, 46 S Ct 85. Surplus and undivided profits are the property of the corporation. As their names… …
23Distributed Profits — Profits distributed to shareholders via dividend payments …
24short swing profits — Profits made by an insider on the purchase and sale of stock of a corporation within a six month period. See insider …
25undivided profits — Profits which have not been distributed as dividends or set aside as surplus. Current undistributed earnings. Edwards v. Douglas, 269 U.S. 204, 46 S.Ct. 85, 89, 70 L.Ed. 235 …
26profits — noun Collective form of profit …
27profits — prof·it || prÉ‘fɪt / prÉ’ n. earnings, financial gain; benefit, avail; financial income; advantage, privilege v. earn income, make financial gains; be of service, be beneficial, be advantageous …
28profits — noun 1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non cash expenses) (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑net income, ↑net, ↑net profit, ↑lucre, ↑profit, ↑earnings • Derivationally re …
29With-profits policy — A with profits policy (Commonwealth) or participating policy (U.S.) is an insurance contract that participates in the profits of a life insurance company. The company is often a mutual life insurance company, or had been one when it began its… …
30Excess profits tax — An excess profits tax is a tax on any profit above a certain amount. A predominantly wartime fiscal instrument, the tax was designed primarily to capture wartime profits that exceeded normal peacetime profits.Fact|date=January 2007 In 1863 the… …
