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21The Co-operative Group — Co operative Group Ltd. Type Consumer cooperative Founded 1863 (1863) Headquarters …
22The Wealth of Nations — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rhetorical piece written… …
23Profit (economics) — In economics, the term profit has two related but distinct meanings. Normal profit represents the total opportunity costs (both explicit and implicit) of a venture to an entrepreneur or investor, whilst economic profit (also abnormal, pure,… …
24profit 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… …
25The South Sea Company — For the Noel Coward play, see: South Sea Bubble (play). The South Sea Bubble of 1720, was an economic bubble that occurred through speculation in the stock of The South Sea Company. The company had been granted a monopoly to trade with South… …
26profit-related pay — PRP 1) The situation in which the pay of employees is related to the profit made by the employer. The purpose is to increase motivation, commitment, and effort by the workforce by ensuring that all staff have a positive stake in the commercial… …
27profit — total revenue less total expenses for a period of time calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Glossary of Business Terms Revenue minus cost. The amount one makes on a transaction. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary *… …
28share — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of sth that has been divided ADJECTIVE ▪ bigger, greater, higher, large, the lion s, major, significant, substantial ▪ …
29Profit-sharing agreement (USA) — A profit sharing agreement in the United States is the agreement that establishes a pension plan maintained by the employer to share its profits with its employees.HistoryA profit sharing agreement used to be supplemental to a type of pension… …
30profit sharing — noun a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑share, ↑portion, ↑part, ↑percentage * * * noun : a system or process under which employees receive a part of the profits of an industrial… …
