excess profit

collocation in English

meaningsofexcessandprofit

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excess
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈek.ses/us
/ˈek.ses/
extra:
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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 ofexcessandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 1942 theexcessprofitwas regarded as a fixed percentage over a supposed normal profit.
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The dairy farmer who grows wheat, perhaps, as a by-product is to have anexcessprofitalso on his by-product.
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That surely is anexcessprofitdependent upon the success of the business.
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It is rather a rebate on prices, and therefore there is no real profit, and consequently noexcessprofit.
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Noexcessprofithas been made, and no profit at all.
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It is said that to increase the amount of theexcessprofitthat is taken is a breach of the understanding.
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The average profits of the two pre-war years was £19,064, and theexcessprofitwould be £14,184.
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I turn now to the clause aboutexcessprofitlevies.
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One of our biggest colliery companies owes thousands of pounds, and probably the best part £500,000, for coal minesexcessprofit.
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In circumstances ofexcessprofit, would it not be wiser to license more stations in order to introduce more competition?
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It is necessary to ascertain how far theexcessprofitis to be regarded as coming from non-armament work and how far from armament work.
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If profits rise, it does not necessarily hit only those who make theexcessprofit.
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That man gets an immenseexcessprofitout of the war, and no one would wish to take it from him.
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That is over expenditure that was not budgeted for: it isexcessprofitfor the council.
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Moreover, if their profs is in excess of their assessment, they have not to pay on thatexcessprofit.
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And the farmer concerned, owning 200 acres, and selling the potatoes, has this year made anexcessprofitover last year of £10,000.
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There will not be a £5 millionexcessprofitif the industry is nationalised—there will be a £5 million excess loss.
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By that method we shall arrive at the amount ofexcessprofitas is attributable to armament work.
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Theexcessprofitof £45,000 would be divided into two as there had been £1,000,000 worth of civil business done and £1,000,000 worth of armament business done.
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It would come out of the firm'sexcessprofitpayments.
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