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Definition(s):

  • (n) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Synonym(s)

lucre, net, net income, profit, profits

Usage(s):

  1. The payoff: United Brands has gone from a net loss of $24 million in 1971 to a net profit of $10 million for this year's first half alone.
  2. Wynn's Macau operations saw net profit sink 35% in the first half of 2009.
  3. When HOLC is finally liquidated in 1948, he said it will show a net profit of some $11,000,000.
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