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profit margin

profit margin noun: the ratio of net income to net sales of a company expressed as a percentage.

Noun

profit margin (plural profit margins)

  1. The ratio of net income to net sales of a company expressed as a percentage.
    • If a company has $10,000 net income and $100,000 net sales, then the profit margin equals ($10,000 : $100,000) .10, or 10%.
    • A letter demanding payment costs her £75. A knock on the door from a company representative: another £235. Taking her car: an extra £110. Then there’s a daily storage charge, so that she pays £24 for every day she can’t drive. These were fees set by the government, using the industry’s sums. The...2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian

profit margin meaning in Kannada

profit margin in Kannada

ಲಾಭಾಂಶ, ಲಾಭ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ

Forms of profit margin

pluralprofit margins

Questions about profit margin

What does profit margin mean?
Profit margin means the ratio of net income to net sales of a company expressed as a percentage.
What is profit margin in Kannada?
Profit margin in Kannada is ಲಾಭಾಂಶ, ಲಾಭ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ. See Profit margin meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is profit margin?
Profit margin is a noun.
What is the plural of profit margin?
The plural of profit margin is profit margins.

Words near profit margin in the dictionary

  1. profit centers
  2. profit centre
  3. profit centres
  4. profit crop
  5. profit crops
  6. profit margin
  7. profit margins
  8. profit monger
  9. profit mongers
  10. profit motive
  11. profit motives

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