percentage of profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpercentageandprofit
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percentage
noun
uk/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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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 ofpercentageandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yes, the figures quoted showed the total profit distributed to be £461,000, and that would include thepercentageofprofitand the bonus.
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It is the original charge, plus apercentageofprofitall round, for nobody handles machine tools without some profit.
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There seems to be some ridiculous idea abroad that there is something meritorious in getting a lowpercentageofprofiton your capital.
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Thepercentageofprofiton takings is the percentage of £36,000 of £89 million.
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The total amount of effort will depend on thepercentageofprofitin the preceding year.
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The drug industry cannot, therefore, justify these sums by saying that it needs such a highpercentageofprofitsimply for research purposes.
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I have seen the great range of thepercentageofprofitbefore tax which is given to charities.
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Under the present system of meat control no fixedpercentageofprofitis guaranteed to the retailer.
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Those contracts were on apercentageofprofiton the cost to the contractor.
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I ask any human being who understands business whether any manufacturer would take thatpercentageofprofiton any work he produced.
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I meant thepercentageofprofitto turnover.
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Obviously on a smaller capital you may return a largerpercentageofprofit.
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Developing new markets is a costly business, and thepercentageofprofitthat is made initially is very small.
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If at the same time an increase in thepercentageofprofitis allowed, then you are going to have very large profits made indeed.
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Thepercentageofprofitto turnover has fallen with the increase of turnover until, in 1938, it is only half what it was in 1935.
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There has been a general decline in consumption, but also in thepercentageofprofitthat is made on the price of cigarettes.
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A standardpercentageofprofiton the production costs of the goods supplied would be found in practice to lead to indefensible results.
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Perhaps it would give him a reasonable return, and it may be a modestpercentageofprofiton his year's activity as a whole.
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The price increases over the last year, taking the samepercentageofprofit, account only for the wage increases in distribution.
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