inflated profit

collocation in English

meaningsofinflatedandprofit

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inflated
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfleɪ.tɪd/us
/ɪnˈfleɪ.t̬ɪd/
Inflated prices, costs, numbers, etc. are higher than they should be, or higher than people think ...
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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 ofinflatedandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Equally, many small pharmacies in rural areas and in some urban areas are on the margin andinflatedprofiton such medicines makes the difference between viability and failure.
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Those accused allegedlyinflatedprofitreports by recording 45% of the paid-in-advance tuition fees as part of its sales.
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Since stock prices reflect earning reports, stock options could be most profitably exercised when income is exaggerated, and the stock can be sold at aninflatedprofit.
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In my view they should have made the reduction of one penny a pint entirely out of their inflated profits.
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I am not talking about protecting inflated profits, but about maintaining reasonable profits within the trade.
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Today we have been given illustration after illustration of the cruel commercialism, leading to inflated profits in the drug trade.
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There are two very clear reasons why a property company could not make very inflated profits.
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I hope no one will pretend that it has been possible for a property owner or property company to make inflated profits.
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Last night we had the case of the coal owners, who have been making inflated profits, waxing fat on the plunder of the poor.
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Corrupt management issued false reports of inflated profits to pay themselves bonuses.
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