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Profits

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

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Good will noun · 78% connection

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible…

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Goodwill noun · 78% connection

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible…

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Inventory noun · 78% connection

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real est…

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Limited review noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of fin…

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Review noun · 78% connection

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Straight-line method noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the ass…

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Straight-line method of depreciation noun · 78% connection

(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the ass…

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Unearned income noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Unearned revenue noun · 78% connection

(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)

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Write-down noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Write-off noun · 78% connection

(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset

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Balance sheet noun · 78% connection

a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

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Earnings report noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Income noun · 78% connection

A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.

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Income statement noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Operating statement noun · 78% connection

a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period

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Acquirer noun · 78% connection

A person who acquires.

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Archaean adjective · 78% connection

Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

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Cash noun · 78% connection

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

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Cash flow noun · 78% connection

the excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a given period of time (not including non-cash expenses)

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Corniferous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called…

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Cover verb · 78% connection

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Day noun · 78% connection

The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, t…

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Earnings pl. · 78% connection

of Earning

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Encash verb · 78% connection

To turn into cash; to cash.

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Epoch noun · 78% connection

A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event…

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Expense noun · 78% connection

A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

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Free-soil adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856.

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Generation noun · 78% connection

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

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Gross revenue noun · 78% connection

income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

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Gross sales noun · 78% connection

income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.

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Li noun · 78% connection

A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.

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Limit verb · 78% connection

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk,…

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