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  • 51profit — 1 noun 1 (C, U) money that you gain by selling things or doing business: They sold the business and bought a yacht with the profits. | The profit each day from the snack bar is usually around $. | make (a) profit: The telephone companies are… …

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  • 52Profit in Peace — Infobox Single Name = Profit in Peace Artist = Ocean Colour Scene from Album = One From The Modern B side = If You Get Your Way, Flood Tide Rising Released = 23 August 1999 Format = CD, Vinyl Recorded = Genre = Britpop Length = Label = Island… …

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  • 53Profit Track 100 — The Profit Track 100 is a list published by British newspaper The Sunday Times each year ranking Britain s fastest growing private companies by their average profit growth over the previous three years.The 2008 awards were published on the 20th… …

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  • 54profit 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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  • 55profit — /ˈprɒfət / (say profuht) noun 1. (often plural) pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction: a. gross profit, gross receipts less the immediate costs of production. b. net profit, amount remaining after deducting… …

  • 56Profit 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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  • 57Profit-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… …

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  • 58Profit impact of marketing strategy — The Profit Impact of Market Strategy (PIMS) database yields solid evidence in support of both common sense and counter intuitive principles for gaining and sustaining competitive advantage : Tom Peters and Nancy Austin. It was developed with the… …

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  • 59profit and loss account — P & L account 1) An account in the books of an organization showing the profits (or losses) made on its business activities with the deduction of the appropriate expenses. 2) A statement of the profit (or loss) of an organization over a financial …

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  • 60profit and loss account — P & L account 1) An account in the books of an organization showing the profits (or losses) made on its business activities with the deduction of the appropriate expenses. 2) A statement of the profit (or loss) of an organization over a financial …

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