future profit

collocation in English

meaningsoffutureandprofit

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future
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us
/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
happening or existing in ...
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profit
noun
uk
/ˈprɒf.ɪt/us
/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods ...
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(Definition offutureandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffuture profit

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Any estimate offutureprofitor loss at each individual plant must depend on assumptions, about costs of raw materials, prices, market outlets etc.
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In any case, a three-year average is no less reliable as a guide tofutureprofit-earning than a five-year average.
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Therefore, should not the taxpayer enjoy the return through benefiting from thefutureprofitstreak?
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But the companies were to be compensated on the basis offutureprofit.
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We take a percentage of thefutureprofitwhich is not due to any expenditure on the part of the landlord himself.
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We have all seen in the newspapers that such-and-such a piece of property has some nice tax losses attached to it against which anyfutureprofitcan be set off.
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Local authorities were to be compensated as they are now, on the basis of their standing debt, and companies were to be compensated on the basis offutureprofit.
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Thirdly, there was a complete lack of confidence, a complete lack of belief in the possibility offutureprofit, which is the basis of the development of private industry.
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This then allows them to predictfutureprofittrends and adjust business practices accordingly.
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The difference, combined with income on and release of statutory reserves, representsfutureprofit.
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For instance when changing variables it will see if they are successful or not in causingfutureprofit.
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This ensures that workers' labor supply decisions do not depend on current and expected future profits and simplifies the analysis.
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In this case, the firm must maximize the discounted value of all its current and future profits, taking into account the probability of the current price being in force.
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These future profits can be pooled with losses on regional areas.
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Of that sum, £2 billion has already been taken up and £2 billion has been set against future profits.
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Surely goodwill is something which suggests an expectation of future profits, and not something for which you paid large sums some years ago.
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For most insurance companies; not only the taxation on future profits from investment is uncertain, but the profit itself.
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There should be no tax relief at all and the losses should be left until they can be set off against future profits.
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