cost profit

collocation in English

meaningsofcostandprofit

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cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, 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 ofcostandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of these studies are based on production,costprofitfunctions, with the pollution variable modelled indirectly using abatement capital expenditure as one of the inputs.
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Moreover, the pre-tax currentcostprofit, expressed in real terms, was lower in 1979 than in 1973.
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The currentcostprofitas the basis for this target would be before taking account of interest and before profits or losses on asset disposals.
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Since 1980–81 the board has published with its main accounts a set of supplementary current cost accounts which include a currentcostprofitand loss account.
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The 1992 trading fund accounts, published today, show a currentcostprofitof £6·5 million against a financial target of £6 million—the fourth successive year in which profitability has increased.
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Figures for current cost profits for a similar period have not been published.
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If one looks at historic cost profits, one sees that the figure from 1960 to 1977 has not changed a great deal.
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That means that, effectively, the current cost profits are being overstated by £132 million.
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Historical cost profits have totalled £250 million over the life of the trading fund of which £82 million has been paid in dividends and £165 million retained in the business.
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