gross profit

gross profit
noun
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Syn: ↑gross profit margin, ↑margin
Topics: ↑corporate finance
Hypernyms:
net income, ↑net, ↑net profit, ↑lucre, ↑profit, ↑profits, ↑earnings

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gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.

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gross margin or gross profit noun (business)
The difference between the selling price of an article and the cost of the materials and labour needed to produce it
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Main Entry:gross
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gross profit
See ↑gross margin above
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Main Entry:gross

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gross profit UK US noun [countable] [singular gross profit plural gross profits] business
the difference between the price that someone sells goods for and what it costs to produce them
Thesaurus: profitsynonym

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gross profit,
the difference between cost of goods and the selling price; profit before the expenses of doing business have been deducted.

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