profit record

collocation in English

meaningsofprofitandrecord

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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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record
noun
uk
/ˈrek.ɔːd/us
/ˈrek.ɚd/
a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on ...
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(Definition ofprofitandrecordfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofit record

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Theprofitrecordof the steel industry at the time of nationalisation in 1967 was made during a long post-war boom.
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But a new small firm does not yet have aprofitrecord.
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That is unhelpful to a general shareholder because it distorts theprofitrecord.
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Decisions are taken on that criteria and not according to theprofitrecordof the plant in question.
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The corporation's record shows a loss of about £12 million, after a remarkableprofitrecordin the preceding year.
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Theprofitrecordof the company to be sold has a vitally important bearing.
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Even with this money it still cannot compare inprofitrecordwith the new owners of the port.
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It is because they have had a badprofitrecord.
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A new firm will not yet have aprofitrecordagainst which to set an allowance.
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Theirprofitrecordis also taken into account.
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They believe that this is a good place in which to expand, and theprofitrecordjustifies that belief.
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As a result of that badprofitrecordor failure to design good new products, good management has left them.
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That is what we now call profit-related pay, an arrangement where a part of employees' pay is linked to theprofitrecordof the business.
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Itsprofitrecordis now £121 million on the 1985 returns, as opposed to a loss of £32 million in 1981.
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Either it has not aprofitrecordor it has not aprofitrecordsufficient to get the full benefit of the investment allowance.
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Cooks itself has recently had a dismalprofitrecord.
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We have an enviableprofitrecordof about £1·5 million for last year.
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They have an excellentprofitrecordsince the trading fund was introduced.
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Indeed, different methods of stocktaking can affect materially theprofitrecordand the profits of the company and in some cases can have a wholly disproportionate and distorting effect.
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We have seen theprofitrecord.
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