expected profit
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expected
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us/ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
believed to be going to happen ...
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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 ofexpectedandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First, it must maximize theexpectedprofitof the principal.
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Southern firms enter until theexpectedprofitfrom posting a low-tech vacancy is zero.
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Theexpectedprofiton loans was predicted from properties of clients.
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Entry occurs until theexpectedprofitfrom posting a vacancy is driven to zero for both types of firms.
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The fourth subsection compares the results and draws conclusions on the effect of the assumptions on the server'sexpectedprofit.
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In fact, when theexpectedprofitof the notional principal is set to zero, we have detailed an optimum for the entire set of agents that satisfies present-value budget balance.
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However, for region 1 farmers, having a spot market increasesexpectedprofit, but almost always increases profit variance as well.
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The first term of the maximization problem indicates theexpectedprofitflow from the purely inventive activity, whereas the second term indicates the expected profit flow from the espionage activity.
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Numerical integration of a bivariate rainfall distribution in this system was used to assess the impact of uncertainty onexpectedprofitand prices.
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These results suggest that for region 2 farmers, introducing a spot market for water after planting is complete reduces profit variance and increasesexpectedprofit.
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There is always a lower value of - that would achieve the same revenue and be preferred by the borrower, because it implies less verification and, consequently, higherexpectedprofit.
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The zeroexpectedprofitcondition for the intermediary requires that (2) bind.
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Of course, as promised utility increases forever, the lender (in all regimes) begins subsidizing the agent's consumption (and effort) in the sense of realizing a negative surplus orexpectedprofit.
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One other reason for theexpectedprofitis the huge market for microprocessors and memory chips in this country.
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Theexpectedprofitthis year is about £17 million.
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Nobody can say what theexpectedprofitis.
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This means that they intend to maximize theirexpectedprofit(or minimize their expected costs).
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The decision maker can then choose the action for which theexpectedprofitis the highest.
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The reason thatexpectedprofitmust be more than actuarial risk is the assumption that risk gives rise to dis-utilities of various kinds.
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