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profit and loss

prof·it and loss
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prof-it and laws, los]
    • /ˈprɒf ɪt ænd lɔs, lɒs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prof-it and laws, los]
    • /ˈprɒf ɪt ænd lɔs, lɒs/

Definitions of profit and loss words

  • noun profit and loss the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business. 1
  • noun profit and loss an account compiled at the end of a financial year showing that year's revenue and expense items and indicating gross and net profit or loss 0
  • noun profit and loss the gain and loss as from business transactions 0
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Origin of profit and loss

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90

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Parts of speech for Profit and loss

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Profit and loss

profit and loss popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

profit and loss usage trend in Literature

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