paper profitnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌpeɪ.pə ˈprɒf.ɪt/us/ˌpeɪ.pɚ ˈprɑː.fɪt/a profit that is shown in financial records but has not yet been made by a company, especially because it is waiting for payments it is owed:
The company made a paper profit last year, but they still got rid of six employees.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Profits & losses
- break
- capital gains
- deficit
- diminishing returns
- gold mine
- gross receipts
- in/out of pocket idiom
- interim
- ka-ching
- licence
- loss
- loss-making
- profit from sth
- profit sharing
- rig the market idiom
- roll
- speculation
- takings
- turnover
- uneconomic
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