profit-sharing

  • 1Profit sharing — Profit sharing, when used as a special term, refers to various incentive plans introduced by businesses that provide direct or indirect payments to employees that depend on company s profitability in addition to employees regular salary and… …

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  • 2profit sharing — ˈprofit ˌsharing also profit sharing noun [uncountable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES when a company gives part of its profits to its employees: • He has long believed in employee profit sharing or employee ownership. • The 2005 …

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  • 3profit-sharing — UK US (also profit sharing) noun [U] ► HR a system by which employees receive a part of the profits of a business: »The company s costs increased due to higher employee profit sharing. »a profit sharing agreement/plan/scheme …

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  • 4profit sharing — n. the practice of dividing a share of the profits of a business among employees, in addition to paying their regular wages and salaries profit sharing adj …

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  • 5profit sharing — profit shar·ing n: a plan under which employees receive a part of the profits of an enterprise Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 6profit sharing — profit .sharing n [U] a system by which all the people who work for a company receive part of its profits …

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  • 7profit sharing — profit ,sharing noun uncount BUSINESS a system by which all the people employed by a company get a share in the profits …

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  • 8profit-sharing — ► NOUN ▪ a system in which the people who work for a company receive a direct share of its profits …

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  • 9profit sharing — profitsharing, adj. the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, esp. in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business. [1880 85] * * * System by which employees are paid a share… …

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  • 10profit-sharing — profˈit sharing noun A voluntary agreement under which an employee receives a share, fixed beforehand, of the profits of a business • • • Main Entry: ↑profit * * * ˈprofit sharing [profit sharing] noun uncountabl …

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