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  • 81Profit chart — The term profit chart is often used to describe a misleading marketing tool frequently employed by business opportunities. It is little more than a multiplication table based on a completely hypothetical estimate. North American Vending was fined …

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  • 82make a killing — Synonyms and related words: be caught short, be short, bear the palm, belong, break the bank, bucket, bucketshop, capitalize on, capture, carry, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, cash in on, clean up, clear, coin money, come out… …

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  • 83make — make1 W1S1 [meık] v past tense and past participle made [meıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce)¦ 2¦(do)¦ 3¦(cook)¦ 4¦(cause)¦ 5¦(force)¦ 6¦(mark/hole etc)¦ 7 make it 8 make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc 9¦(achieve something)¦ …

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  • 84make — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made a table; made it out of cardboard; made him a sweater). 2 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) cause or compel (a person etc.) to do something (make… …

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  • 85make — verb (makes, making, made) 1》 form by putting parts together or combining substances.     ↘(make something into) alter something so that it forms (something else).     ↘arrange bedclothes tidily on (a bed) ready for use.     ↘Electronics complete …

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  • 86profit-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… …

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  • 87Profit Target — A predetermined point at which an investor will exit a trade in a profitable position. Profit targets are part of many trading strategies that technical traders use to manage risk. Before an investor enters a trade, he determines a profitable… …

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  • 88make*/*/*/ — [meɪk] (past tense and past participle made [meɪd] ) verb I 1) [T] to create or produce something The nail made a hole in my shirt.[/ex] Jane was making coffee.[/ex] This furniture is made in South America.[/ex] a bowl made of… …

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  • 89make the most of — Synonyms and related words: accept, benefit from, capitalize on, cash in on, condone, countenance, exploit, grin and abide, improve, improve the occasion, let go by, let pass, make capital of, make hay, obey, overlook, profit by, put to advantage …

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  • 90make — {{11}}make (n.) match, mate, companion (now archaic or dialectal), from O.E. gemaca mate, equal; one of a pair, comrade; consort, husband, wife, from P.Gmc. *gamakon , related to O.E. gemæcc well matched, suitable, macian to make (see MAKE (Cf.… …

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