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  • 31profit-taking — profˈit taking noun The selling off of shares, commodities, etc, in order to profit from a rise in the purchase price • • • Main Entry: ↑profit * * * ˈprofit taking 7 [profit taking] noun uncountable …

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  • 32profit — noun 1》 a financial gain, especially the difference between an initial outlay and the subsequent amount earned. 2》 advantage; benefit. verb (profits, profiting, profited) benefit, especially financially. ↘be beneficial to. Derivatives profitless… …

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  • 33ProFIT-MAP Methodology — ProFIT MAP is a business methodology for improving organizational performance and managing execution. Its objective is to help organizations achieve their cost and operational targets. It does this by identifying the relevant parameters that… …

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  • 34Profit tax — in Hong Kong is Direct tax and also classified into Income tax.According to Cap.112 Hong Kong Ordinance, Inland Reveue Ordinance (in short, IRO) IRO Section 14, unless otherwise provides, profit tax shall be charged at the standard rate on any… …

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  • 35Profit — (von lat. profectus „Fortgang, Zunahme, Vorteil“ / Aussprache: [pʀoˈfit]) bezeichnet den Gewinn, d.h. den Überschuss, welcher nach Abzug der Kosten der eingesetzten Mittel von einem Unternehmen, bzw. Unternehmer erzielt wird. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …

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  • 36profit a prendre — profit a pren·dre or profit à prendre / prä fət ä prän dər/ n pl profits à prendre or profits à prendre [Anglo French, literally, profit to be taken]: a right, privilege, or interest that allows one to use the soil or products (as fish and game)… …

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  • 37profit à prendre — profit a prendre profit a pren·dre or profit à prendre / prä fət ä prän dər/ n pl profits à prendre or profits à prendre [Anglo French, literally, profit to be taken]: a right, privilege, or interest that allows one to use the soil or products… …

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  • 38Profit — generally is the making of gain in business activity for the benefit of the owners of the business. The word comes from Latin meaning to make progress, is defined in two different ways, one for economics and one for accounting.Profit may refer to …

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  • 39profit — [präf′it] n. [OFr < L profectus, pp. of proficere, to profit, lit., to advance: see PROFICIENT] 1. advantage; gain; benefit 2. [often pl.] a) monetary gain from business transactions b) the ratio of this to the amount of capital invested c)… …

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  • 40profit — (n.) early 14c., from O.Fr. prufit (mid 12c.), from L. profectus profit, progress, properly pp. of proficere (see PROFICIENCY (Cf. proficiency)). As the opposite of loss, it replaced O.E. gewinn. The verb is attested from c.1300, from O.Fr.… …

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