Profits - definition, pronunciation, transcription

Profits are up from last year.

There was a rise in profits this year.

The profits from CD sales were donated to charity.

The island profits from tourism.

Their accounts showed lots of paper profits, but they went bankrupt anyway.

Their profits have averaged five percent growth in the last four years.

The company's corporate culture is focused on increasing profits.

The company's profits have gone south in recent months.

In contrast to last year's profits, the company is not doing very well.

We divided the profits into three equal shares.

Can't you smell the profits?

It turns out that the company's report of record profits last year was due to some creative accounting.

Profits are distributed to shareholders as dividends.

The company is forecasting reduced profits.

Falling sales and a consequent loss of profits forced the company to lay off more workers.