| 单词 | profit-making |
| 释义 | profit-making adjective ukusCOMMERCE used todescribeacompany,product, etc. that makes aprofit: profit-making business/company/ventureShe does notseewhy a profit-makingbusinesscannot also beethical. profit-makernoun[C](alsoprofit maker) In the past fiveyears, they haveturnedsteelinto a profit-maker. Examplesofprofit-makingprofit-making This intrusion on theprofit-makingprocess was attacked from an ideological point of view by those siding with the creditors. From theCambridge English Corpus This collectivity may be a social club, a voluntary association, a religious group, a government agency, or aprofit-makingbusiness enterprise. From theCambridge English Corpus The hospital is aprofit-makingassociation and people are screened very carefully for ability to pay bills. From theCambridge English Corpus Central banks functioned largely according to private incentives as a result of charters which allowed them to beprofit-makingentities. From theCambridge English Corpus In all, patronage, tax evasion and smuggling were the sine qua non ofprofit-making. From theCambridge English Corpus It receives no subsidies, but it is not strictly speaking aprofit-makingventure either. From theCambridge English Corpus Another key point to come from our findings concerns how non-state home operators perceiveprofit-making. From theCambridge English Corpus This was largely related to lack of trust inprofit-makingfinancial services companies. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, residential care businesses became known for their financial security andprofit-makingpotential. From theCambridge English Corpus The extension of private services both increases theprofit-makingsector and restrains state spending. From theCambridge English Corpus Running a residential facility is decidedly more burdensome and less attractive than operatingprofit-makinglivelihood support services for local households. From theCambridge English Corpus The increased popularity of music in factories was such that it attracted attention from commercial organisations looking for newprofit-makingniches. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, they have reinforced their alliance with the political elites prone to corruption in their jointprofit-makingprojects. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, hospital managers may occasionally decide to invest in money-losing operations that can increase the hospital's visibility and attract "profit-making" patients for other parts of the hospital (2). From theCambridge English Corpus So if we assume from the outset that only profits have value, it is irrational for preferences overprofit-makingprojects to be nonseparable in sunk costs. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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