profit marginnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɒf.ɪt ˌmɑː.dʒɪn/us/ˈprɑː.fɪt ˌmɑːr.dʒɪn/the difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for:
Many small companies operate on very narrow profit margins.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Profits & losses
- break
- buoyant
- deficit
- diminishing returns
- gold mine
- gross receipts
- in/out of pocket idiom
- interim
- ka-ching
- licence
- loss
- loss-making
- pay
- profit sharing
- rig
- rig the market idiom
- speculation
- takings
- turnover
- uneconomic
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