profit share

collocation in English

meaningsofprofitandshare

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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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share
noun
uk
/ʃeər/us
/ʃer/
a part of something that has been divided between ...
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(Definition ofprofitandsharefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their disappointment if theprofitsharebonus is not up to expectation is real and genuine.
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Thirdly, there should be a formula for flexibility in allowing the maximum of productivity bargaining andprofitshare-out above nationally agreed norms.
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We must remember that merchant adventurers were made because there were glittering rewards for the successful adventurer, with aprofitshare-out among the participants.
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Perhaps there could be a system, not of payment by result but one whereby the operatives might at some time be entitled to aprofitshare.
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If it sells that system for an enormous amount of money in the international marketplace, should not we, as the seed-corn investor, have aprofitsharein respect of it?
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Annual profit shares are distributed to both workers and citizens.
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We are granting you theprofitsharenot because we feel a need to give money to the people just out of the goodness of the heart.
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We have received a number of representations about the administrative implications of rights issues for the trustees of approved profit sharing schemes.
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Profit sharing arrangements are usually grants to workmen and others who can contribute to approved efficiency.
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We have always wanted profit sharing schemes, although for quite other reasons, because we believe that they are an essential part of good industrial relations.
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Authorities will not, however, be able to insist on profit sharing arrangements which would restrict, distort or prevent competition.
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Some 507 are profit sharing schemes and 494 are saving-related share option schemes.
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Furthermore, it will try to introduce satisfactory profit sharing agreements for all employees until such time as they can become shareholders.
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He accepted that the profit sharing scheme has been welcomed by employees.
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The very diverse methods of financial participation vary from profit sharing to share holding, passing through fixed formulae or business plans.
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It is not profit sharing to sell shares to workmen and give only dividends on their own shares.
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It is not profit sharing to give them lower wages.
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