bank profits
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbankandprofit
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bank
noun[C]
uk/bæŋk/us/bæŋk/
an organization where people and businesses can invest or borrow money, change it to foreign money, etc., or a building where these services ...
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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 ofbankandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The progress registered in this period came mostly from large bank profits and government projects with direct expenditure.
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Gentleman consider imposing a levy on bank profits to stabilise or lower mortgage interest payments?
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It has been suggested that the tax is excessive in relation to total bank profits.
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That was last year, since when bank profits have declined, particularly domestic bank profits.
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There is apparently no difficulty in conferring—if that is the right word—a retrospective detriment such as the proposed windfall tax on bank profits.
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First, there is the windfall tax on bank profits.
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Those of us who read the papers know perfectly well that bank profits are at an all-time high.
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We know that bank profits have been extremely high in the past year or two.
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Let us take, for example, the price of bread, bank profits and oil profits.
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I wish to raise the problem of bank profits.
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We know that with the higher bank rate—the differential between deposits and overdraft rates and lending rates—bank profits can be considerable.
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One should look at the behaviour of bank profits and other profits over the cycle as a whole.
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Instead of raising taxes or charges, we might have made a once-for-all levy on bank profits.
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The reasons for increased bank profits are clear.
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However, my main point was that there should be an attempt to tax bank profits.
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A great deal has been said about bank profits and two-tier bank interest rates.
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The argument for a windfall tax on bank profits seems overwhelming.
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That is why bank profits during the past five or six years have been massive in comparison with previous years.
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