excessive profit

collocation in English

meaningsofexcessiveandprofit

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excessive
adjective
uk
/ekˈses.ɪv/us
/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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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 ofexcessiveandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are in favour of the profit motive, but we are not in favour of theexcessiveprofitmotive.
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However, it would deprive the original holder of what might otherwise be a veryexcessiveprofit.
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As a result, anexcessiveprofitwas made.
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When an industry has done so much good, however, there is inevitably a reaction against what appears to beexcessiveprofit-making by that industry.
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We are getting to the time when combines are makingexcessiveprofitbecause they are approaching a monopoly.
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He also talked aboutexcessiveprofit, and said that in some cases the profits of these companies were excessive.
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A site owner who seeks anexcessiveprofitis likely to find himself without any occupiers.
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Will she allow theexcessiveprofitlevels to continue, or will she use her powers to reduce them?
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Are they subsisting on their losses, or are the firms who are making anexcessiveprofitmaking up the losses of the inefficient firms?
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No one can accuse the retail sector ofexcessiveprofit.
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Over the fifty years they have not lost the public's money, and, at the same time, they have not made anexcessiveprofit.
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Instead, he promises payroll taxes,excessiveprofittaxes, social chapters and the rest of it, which would keep foreign investment out for good.
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I am satisfied that the arrangements for the classes mentioned are reasonable and do not permit anexcessiveprofitto accrue to the contractors.
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In the second year it will have a very large profit, and from then on it will be intoexcessiveprofit.
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I think it will be found that the coal-owners are not making anyexcessiveprofit.
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What we want to see is neitherexcessiveprofitnor excessive loss.
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That will serve a useful purpose in curbing any tendency to charge excessive uplifts in fees and takeexcessiveprofitmargins.
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No one has a right toexcessiveprofitby a hard bargain.
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Will anexcessiveprofitbe made out of that one activity?
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