Look up profit or profitability in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Profit. Profit may refer to: Profit (accounting)...

as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. A nonprofit is subject to the non-distribution constraint:...

Profit, in accounting, is an income distributed to the owner in a profitable market production process (business). Profit is a measure of profitability...

and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessarily separate from the owner and the creditors...

A not-for-profit or non-for-profit organization (NFPO) is a legal entity that does not distribute surplus funds to its members and is formed to fulfill...

Therefore, economic profit is smaller than accounting profit. Normal profit is often viewed in conjunction with economic profit. Normal profits in business refer...

For-profit education (also known as the education services industry or proprietary education) refers to educational institutions operated by private, profit-seeking...

income (also total comprehensive income, net earnings, net profit, bottom line, sales profit, or credit sales) is an entity's income minus cost of goods...

Profit margin is a financial ratio that measures the percentage of profit earned by a company in relation to its revenue. Expressed as a percentage, it...

Profit sharing is various incentive plans introduced by businesses that provide direct or indirect payments to employees that depend on company's profitability...

finance, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all incomes and expenses (operating and non-operating) except...

A profit center is a part of a business which is expected to make an identifiable contribution to the organization's profits. A profit center is a section...

households and individuals, gross income is the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, interest payments, rents, and other forms of earnings, before any deductions...

In economics, profit maximization is the short run or long run process by which a firm may determine the price, input and output levels that will lead...

In economics, abnormal profit, also called excess profit, supernormal profit or pure profit, is "profit of a firm over and above what provides its owners...

A for-profit corporation is an organization which aims to earn profit through its operations and is concerned with its own interests, rather than the...

Profit and Loss or profit and loss may refer to: Profit and loss statement, a statement that indicates how net revenue is transformed into net income...

In economics, the profit motive is the motivation of firms that operate so as to maximize their profits. Mainstream microeconomic theory posits that the...

Underwriting profit is a term used in the insurance industry. It consists of the earned premium remaining after losses have been paid and administrative...

Notional profit is an estimate of earnings primarily used in the building and construction industry. It is used to smooth out fluctuations in reported...

For-profit hospitals, sometimes referred to as alternatively investor-owned hospitals, are investor-owned hospitals or hospital networks. Many of the for-profit...

A profit warning is a warning declaration issued by a listed company to investors through a stock exchange. It warns investors that the profit of the company...

An account of profits (sometimes referred to as an accounting for profits or simply an accounting) is a type of equitable remedy most commonly used in...

An income statement or profit and loss account (also referred to as a profit and loss statement (P&L), statement of profit or loss, revenue statement...

In finance, profit taking (or taking profits) is the practice of selling an asset, mostly shares, when the asset has risen in price. This allows investors...

People Before Profit (Irish: Pobal Roimh Bhrabús, PBP) is a Trotskyist political party formed in October 2005, active in the Republic of Ireland and Northern...

The Profit may refer to: The Profit (film) The Profit (TV series) Profit (disambiguation) Prophet (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...

In microeconomics, marginal profit is the increment to profit resulting from a unit or infinitesimal increment to the quantity of a product produced....

of profit means a position that brings to the person holding it some financial gain, or advantage, or benefit. It may be an office or place of profit if...

An excess profits tax is a tax on returns or profits which exceed risk-adjusted normal returns. The concept of excess profit is very similar to that of...