trading profit

collocation in English

meaningsoftradingandprofit

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trading
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtreɪ.dɪŋ/us
/ˈtreɪ.dɪŋ/
mainly UK
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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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 oftradingandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A successful turn-around strategy led to the recruitment of 360 new employees and, by 1977, atradingprofitof 750,000.
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Use of the clean price also serves to differentiate interest income (based on the coupon rate) fromtradingprofitand loss.
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In 2012, emerging markets accounted for 56% of consolidated net sales, versus 34% in 2009, and 66% of consolidatedtradingprofit(or 2,002 million), versus 26% in 2009.
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Indirect benefit includes matters such as the loss oftradingprofitincurred by businesses in the area and the effects of traffic disruption and diversions.
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Last year, thetradingprofitbefore the charge of interest was £71 million.
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Such atradingprofitwill be an improvement of more than £1 million on budget.
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The principle is that where the fund makes atradingprofit, possibly a fortuitoustradingprofit, the tax is already levied.
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The corporation as a whole recorded atradingprofitof £4 million in 1969 which had increased to £8 million by 1973.
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Its lasttradingprofitwas £3·9 million, which shows how far it is from making the sort of recovery which is needed.
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It is true, as he says, that there was atradingprofit.
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