total profit

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandprofit

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal profit

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Thetotalprofitearned by companies in that year was £7,141 million.
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It is no more misleading than being asked to disclose, as a company has to disclose, thetotalprofit.
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The number of copies sold to date is 7,900, and thetotalprofitis £270.
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The number of tenancies involved divided into thetotalprofitmade by the corporation represents a sum of £2,333 per tenancy.
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I cannot, at present, submit an estimate of what thetotalprofitwill be on the trading accounts.
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Taken over a period of six years, thetotalprofitmay be microscopic, whereas the total loss may be very large.
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In each case he spends a certain amount of money with the object of making atotalprofiton the whole transaction.
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Thetotalprofitin 1907, after paying 40 per cent, on the shares left a balance of £134,000, and in 1908 the profit was £370,000.
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The 1979–80 accounts show quite clearly that the corporation'stotalprofitwas £466·3 million.
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It is widely accepted in this country that 6p is atotalprofit, so our milk industry is running in a no-profit situation.
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If the standard was £200, and thetotalprofitwas £500, at present that would pay a duty on £100 in excess profits.
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Thetotalprofitearned on the five ships named amounts to something over £1,700,000.
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It made atotalprofitduring that period of £74 million.
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The standard, whatever it may be, will have to be compared with thetotalprofitin the year of charge.
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Histotalprofitdid not amount to anything like a quarter of that sum and, naturally, he would have had to close his fair.
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If there is a greater turnover, even on a small margin of profit, obviously thetotalprofitis larger.
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Last year, the eight leading paper manufacturers of this country made atotalprofitof £32,371,441.
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It is atotalprofitof £26 million in 1950 before paying interest.
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Thetotalprofitfor the whole fishery was £324,624.
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