business profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbusinessandprofit
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business
noun
uk/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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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 ofbusinessandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbusiness profit
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I am not concerned with business profits and the way shares go up or down.
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The relief is given by deducting such expenditure when working out theirbusinessprofitfor tax purposes.
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I see it as abusinessprofitrather than a windfall profit.
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It is business, for we are operating abusinessprofitsystem.
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The determination of a claim for housing benefit is made by reference to netbusinessprofitand any other income or capital held by the claimant.
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If expenditure on business sponsorship is revenue expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively for business purposes, the expense is deductible when calculating the sponsor'sbusinessprofitfor tax purposes.
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He would not have made a big profit on a sale at an extraordinary price, but he would have made his ordinarybusinessprofitand provided houses.
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The idea for the resort was to focus more on the pleasure of skiing thanbusinessprofit.
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Marxists have rarely analyzed the differences between truebusinessprofitand statistical profit figures.
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Instead, farmers used their retirement funds, business profits and spare cash to pay for their farms.
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Business profits from and supports a less institutionalised form of regional cooperation, in this case functional cooperation.
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When calculating business profits for tax purposes, a deduction is allowed for revenue expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively for business purposes.
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Except for this sum, the increase is unrelated to the growth of business profits.
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