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71profit and loss appropriation account — A statement showing how the net profits or losses have been dealt with. In a company, the retained earnings brought forward is added to the net profit for the year; from this total taxation and dividends paid and proposed are deducted; other… …
72profit-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… …
73profit and loss — noun an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑profit and loss account • Hypernyms: ↑account, ↑accounting, ↑account statement * * * noun …
74Profit and Loss Statement - P&L — A financial statement that summarizes the revenues, costs and expenses incurred during a specific period of time usually a fiscal quarter or year. These records provide information that shows the ability of a company to generate profit by… …
75Profit — A financial benefit that is realized when the amount of revenue gained from a business activity exceeds the expenses, costs and taxes needed to sustain the activity. Any profit that is gained goes to the business s owners, who may or may not… …
76profit — margin; profit margin For a single transaction or set of transactions, the excess of sales revenue over the costs of providing the goods or services sold. See gross profit; net profit For a period of trading, the surplus of net assets at the end… …
77profit by/from — BENEFIT FROM, take advantage of, derive benefit from, capitalize on, make the most of, turn to one s advantage, put to good use, do well out of, exploit, gain from; informal cash in on. → profit …
78profit — [14] Like proficient, profit goes back to Latin prōficere ‘advance, be advantageous’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forward’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, fashion, feat, etc). Its past participle prōfectus… …
79profit and loss account formats — The four formats given for profit and loss accounts by the Companies Act (1985): • vertical format, analysing costs by type of operation and function; • vertical format, analysing costs by items of expense; • horizontal format, analysing costs by …
80profit — [14] Like proficient, profit goes back to Latin prōficere ‘advance, be advantageous’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forward’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, fashion, feat, etc). Its past participle prōfectus… …
