potential profit

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandprofit

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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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 ofpotentialandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpotential profit

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Once the fixed costs of production were covered, the more copies that were printed, the less each one cost and the greater thepotentialprofit.
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Yet speculation also provides the condition forpotentialprofit, for accumulation and proliferation.
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We should not mind waiting and losing somepotentialprofitin order to ensure that it is well done.
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As recently as last year, for every one pfennig movement in the deutschmark against sterling it was claiming a loss of £100 million inpotentialprofit.
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They do not get the benefit of that discount—which is thepotentialprofitelement—for at least one year after applying to buy their home.
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In his speech, my noble friend referred briefly to thepotentialprofitfrom smuggling, with minimal risk.
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If we are to have a successful privatisation, it must be based onpotentialprofit.
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There is apotentialprofitof about £5 for a 50g bag.
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However, if there was private participation andpotentialprofitin a public sector monopoly, it would be thoroughly objectionable and unfair competition by any standards.
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We do not intend to give compensation because of the loss ofpotentialprofit.
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Thepotentialprofitmargins from the sale of iced tea are not to be sneezed at.
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One would have thought that there would be a lot of money to go around and therefore much by way ofpotentialprofitfor the industry to garner.
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It would take away the incentive for companies to invest for efficiency improvements if thepotentialprofitwas quickly passed on to customers in lower prices.
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It did not take account of thepotentialprofitthrough the realisation of the assets if they were transferred from the purpose for which they were sold to another purpose—development.
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They discuss a partnership to work a soft game with apotentialprofitof $10,000-$20,000.
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With greater risk, there is a corresponding greaterpotentialprofitbut with the trade-off of more money that can be lost.
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In some cases, this is a special type of instrument which is retained by the originator as apotentialprofitflow.
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Due to the low cost of sending unsolicited email and thepotentialprofitentailed, some believe that only strict legal enforcement can stop junk email.
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Schwa does not have a liquor license, which takes away a large source of potential income (and an even larger source ofpotentialprofit).
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The bookmakers should react by adjusting the offered odds in the light of demand, so as to remove thepotentialprofit.
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