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P&L

P&L is the abbreviation of profit and loss.

Meaning of profit and loss

Noun

profit and loss (uncountable)

  1. A profit-and-loss statement; an income statement.
    • That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means...2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 45
    Synonyms:
    P and L, P & L, P/L, profit and loss statement

Forms of P&L

pluralP&Ls

Words formed from P&L

Phrases with P&L

Questions about P&L

What is P&L the abbreviation of?
P&L is the abbreviation of profit and loss.

Words near P&L in the dictionary

  1. p&e
  2. P&G
  3. P&H
  4. P&I
  5. P&ID
  6. P&L
  7. P&L statement
  8. P&L statements
  9. P&Ls
  10. p&p
  11. P&Ps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: P&L (page history and authors); profit and loss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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