cash profit

collocation in English

meaningsofcashandprofit

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cash
noun[U]
uk
/kæʃ/
us
/kæʃ/
money in the form of notes and coins, rather than cheques or ...
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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 ofcashandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Prints would be hand-delivered and employees would count heads of moviegoers and then collect the cash profits from the theaters.
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At first the railroad sold much of its holdings at low prices to land speculators in order to realize quick cash profits, and also to eliminate sizable annual tax bills.
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The gold was sold for $209 million, which makes acashprofitof more than $170 million.
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Betterment levy is exacted only where there has been either acashprofitor gain in the form of a valuable asset.
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We must be quite clear that the producers we are seeking to help produce films for acashprofit.
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Certain other expenses also are charged which, in some instances, would have the effect of turning acashprofitinto a book loss.
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I spoke earlier of the salaries being offered and of thecashprofit-sharing scheme and the shares profit-sharing scheme.
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They are afraid of losing the immediatecashprofitwhich the rabbit farmer and the rabbit trapper regard as the key to the matter.
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The new margin will allow distributors a grosscashprofitof £24 million, which is some £5 million higher than a year ago.
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The capital employed is considerably less but so is the averagecashprofitper proprietor.
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They said that they were not aware of acashprofit-sharing scheme.
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I will just take an example from my own farm about the necessity of there being some point in the cycle where you get to the question ofcashprofit.
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In the course of all this, some gentleman would come out with a vastcashprofitwhen all he started with was a piece of money.
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On motivation which is already secured from bonus schemes and, indeed, from share ownership, we are already encouraging share ownership successfully, but we need complementary incentives forcashprofit-related pay.
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The productivity of an industry cannot be measured simply by its cash profits.
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The retailers' total cash profits will still be higher than they were a year ago.
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They become cash profits when the shares are sold; and many have been sold, and the profits have been spent and have added materially to consumer demand.
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