to sell at a profit
31profit taking — noun : the selling of commodities or securities at prices in excess of cost to realize profits * * * Stock Exchange. the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit. [1895 1900] * * * profit… …
32profit margin — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms profit margin : singular profit margin plural profit margins business the difference between how much money you get when you sell something and how much it costs you to buy or make it …
33sell on — verb to resell. Rather than sell the companys products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit …
34sell on — PHRASAL VERB If you buy something and then sell it on, you sell it to someone else soon after buying it, usually in order to make a profit. [V n P] Mr Farrier bought cars at auctions and sold them on... [V n P to n] The arms had been sold to a… …
35sell out — verb a) To sell all of a product that is in stock. They sold out of concert posters yesterday and wont get another shipment until next week. b) To abandon ones supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage. It used to be a… …
36buy cheap and sell dear — sell at a profit, by for a low price and resell at a high price (Business) …
37sell short — idi bus a) bus to sell stocks at a high price without actually possessing them, expecting to cover them later at a lower price and keeping the price difference as profit b) to disparage or underestimate …
38profit-taking — UK / US noun [uncountable] business a situation where businesspeople sell shares while they are rising in value in order to make a profit …
39profit margin — noun (C) the difference between the cost of producing something and the price you sell it at …
40Monopoly profit — Contents 1 Monopoly Profit Basic Definition 2 Persistence 3 Government intervention 4 Footnotes 5 …
