maximum profit

collocation in English

meaningsofmaximumandprofit

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maximum
adjective
uk
/ˈmæk.sɪ.məm/us
/ˈmæk.sə.məm/
being the largest amount or number allowed ...
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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 ofmaximumandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this situation, the firm will set the price to gainmaximumprofitwhen the pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi high rate is realized.
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Commercial companies will seekmaximumprofitand will tend to exaggerate the significance of those health problems for which they offer a medical cure.
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It is not whole-hearted private enterprise, because private enterprise in the full sense of the word goes for themaximumprofit.
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It would not be fair to say that private enterprise always goes for themaximumprofit, but private enterprise does go for profit.
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Surely in any well-run business prices are based on getting themaximumprofitconsistent with the competitive situation.
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There is a natural and understandable tendency to make themaximumprofitout of any transaction.
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A commercial approach is concerned with securing themaximumprofitat the least cost.
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The market will determine what is the maximum revenue and themaximumprofit.
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These people maintain the asset only at the point ofmaximumprofit.
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The schemes are little more than sweetheart deals to get the private sector into the water industry with minimum risk andmaximumprofit.
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I believe the sales amounted to £1,750,000 and themaximumprofitto £1,250,000.
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The builders seemed to have the idea of making themaximumprofitby giving people the minimum of comfort.
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They will serve the areas in which themaximumprofitis to be made.
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It must be a free-for-all, and let the vested interests make themaximumprofit.
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That sector is interested in one objective only— making themaximumprofit.
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The causes include: unemployment, hunger, poverty affecting large parts of society, high indirect labour costs, competition and the desire to achievemaximumprofit.
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All of this makes it clear that when the quest formaximumprofitis the sole consideration, human and animal health are threatened.
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The local authorities were not, for one moment, attempting to make themaximumprofitout of the population.
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Clearly, if private operators are involved in the financing, they will aim formaximumprofit.
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