reap profits
1reap profits — index gain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2reap — UK US /riːp/ verb [T] ► to make a large amount of money or a big profit: »Outside shareholders reaped 25% of the dividends generated. reap $35 million/£1.9 billion, etc. »His company has reaped more than $800 million in federal contracts over the …
3reap — reapable, adj. /reep/, v.t. 1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. 2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). 3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits. v.i. 4. to… …
4reap — [[t]rip[/t]] v. t. 1) agr. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest 2) agr. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.) 3) to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits[/ex] 4) agr.… …
5reap — /rip / (say reep) verb (t) 1. to gather, as a crop; harvest. 2. to gather the crop from: to reap the fields. 3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits. –verb (i) 4. to gather a crop. {Middle English repe(n), Old English… …
6Windfall profits tax — A windfall profits tax is a higher tax rate on profits that ensue from a sudden windfall gain to a particular company or industry. United StatesIn 1980, the United States enacted the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act (P.L. 96 223) as part of a… …
7monopoly and competition — ▪ economics Introduction basic factors in the structure of economic markets.In economics monopoly and competition signify certain complex relations among firms in an industry. A monopoly implies an exclusive possession of a market by a… …
8gain — n 1: an increase in value, capital, or amount compare loss capital gain: a gain realized on the sale or exchange of a capital asset (as a stock or real estate) ca·su·al·ty gain: a gain realized by an insured because property insurance benefits… …
9Sunday Times Rich List 2008 — The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 was published on 27 April 2008. [ [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich list/article3822711.ece The Sunday Times: Rich List reveals wealthy reap profits under Labour ] ] Since 1989 the UK… …
10Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov — (1870–1924) Lenin was the alias used by Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov. He is the most influential Marxist political leader and theorist bar none. As a political leader he led the Bolsheviks in their seizure of power in October 1917, and was head of… …
