cut profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcutandprofit
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cut
noun
uk/kʌt/us/kʌt/
an injury made when the skin is cut with ...
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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 ofcutandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Owing to inflation industrialists are not spurred on to be enterprising and efficient and tocutprofitmargins because they can sell so easily.
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I do not say that it is pleasant, that it does notcutprofitmargins, but it is not critical.
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All this means that there is no inducement to export, to be enterprising and tocutprofitmargins.
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Competitive forces can certainly play a role in forces lenders to either improve efficiency in order to bring down overheads, or tocutprofitmargins.
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So again, few firms are free to cut profits and go out for orders.
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They can be found in nationalised industries which want to cut profits and make it difficult for free enterprise.
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They are having to cut profits to nothing and in many instances to accept losses in order to retain markets.
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The multinational companies and, more generally, multinational capital do not permit any changes that could cut profits and control the markets.
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It might change its role from seeking to cut profits to explaining their importance.
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If, since business men are motivated by profits, there is a major increase in minimum lending rate, it will inevitably cut profits and investments.
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I do not think anyone would seriously deny that if you cut profits tax you would tend to distribute wealth more unequally than it is distributed at the present time.
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