pre-tax profit
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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 ofprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Last year was a record year for production, with a turnover of £3.5 billion, yet the industry realised apre-taxprofitof just £150 million.
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No estimate for 1976–77 is available, but thepre-taxprofitearned in 1975–76 was £28 million.
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In 1988 the port made apre-taxprofitof £9·2 million on a turnover of £35·5 million.
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It made apre-taxprofitof over £36 million on sales of £577 million.
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Last year, the company had a turnover of £37.8 million and achieved apre-taxprofitof £3.9 million.
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In 1996–97, it recorded apre-taxprofitof £1.3 million, a high proportion of which can be attributed to revenues raised by duty-free sales.
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What is more, the corporation has made apre-taxprofit, as has been pointed out already this afternoon, of £309 million in 1980.
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The company'spre-taxprofithas jumped by more than £6½ million, to £16,795,000 for the past six months.
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To earn apre-taxprofitof £10 million on that turnover is excellent.
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But what consolation is that for a business that is not making apre-taxprofitanyway?
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It expects to earn apre-taxprofitof £10 million.
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The company was declaring apre-taxprofitof £65 million, and how much did they sell it for?
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If we take £200 million for depreciation and £184 million for interest, we are left with a netpre-taxprofitof £266 million in inflated money.
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It employs 5,500 people, spends over £100 million a year there, has assets over £1.5 billion, remits all profits, and makes apre-taxprofitof £100 million.
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The corporation in 1996 made apre-taxprofitof £97 million.
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Thepre-taxprofitof the corporation has varied considerably in the last four years, and so has the return as a percentage of net asset value.
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How can he describe as fair a situation in which a company with net assets of £10 million, making apre-taxprofitlast year of £7 million, will receive £4 million compensation?
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Measured bypre-taxprofitas turnover is not available for all companies.
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For example, a sales company's profitability may be most reliably measured as a return on sales (pre-taxprofitas a percent of sales).
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