short-term profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort-termandprofit
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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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 ofshort-termandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Exploitation of resources at a global scale allows hugeshort-termprofitbut leaves behind the long-term costs associated with environmental damage.
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This calls for an immediate response in the form of a rational policy and an economic system that is not solely geared towardsshort-termprofit.
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History surely tells us that we can take ourshort-termprofitin such ways, but the long-term result will surely be anarchy and disaster.
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Will he not reconsider this policy-as it appears that he is at the moment taking ashort-termprofitfor a long-term loss?
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It does not follow automatically thatshort-termprofitmaximisation is in the long-term interests of either their beneficiaries or the country generally.
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We seeshort-termprofitmaximisation at the expense of long-term product development, and it is ultimately on product development that we all depend.
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How will he guarantee thatshort-termprofitdemands, for example, will not undermine the long-term interests of public safety and the environment?
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He is interested inshort-termprofitand it would make no sense for him to sell at a loss.
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Looking at our post-industrial society right now, one can define it as meaningshort-termprofitand long-term bankruptcy.
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The closure policy is based merely onshort-termprofit.
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A public corporation is not concerned withshort-termprofit.
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That is what insistence onshort-termprofitmaximisation, and having to borrow externally without guarantee, will mean.
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Were they interested inshort-termprofit, they would not be in farming today.
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But those who see a way to maximise ashort-termprofitare careless of posterity: after them, the deluge.
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Therefore, they will not take a short-term view or be tempted by a quickshort-termprofit.
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All this havoc will be done for theshort-termprofitof the new private operators.
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There was a concentration of research and development that would have easily been dispersed in favour ofshort-termprofit.
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