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paper profits

paper profits is the plural of paper profit.

Meaning of paper profit

Noun

paper profit (plural paper profits)

  1. Apparent profit shown in accounts but not realized in an expendable form.
    • The company had paper profits of two million dollars, but everyone knew that depreciation meant they had really lost 10 million.

Questions about paper profits

What is paper profits the plural of?
Paper profits is the plural of paper profit.

Words near paper profits in the dictionary

  1. paper planes
  2. paper plate
  3. paper plates
  4. paper plume
  5. paper profit
  6. paper profits
  7. paper punch
  8. paper punches
  9. paper qualification syndrome
  10. paper reed
  11. paper reeds

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