Definition of Profit-maximizing

1. Adjective. Making the profit as great as possible. "The profit-maximizing price"

Exact synonyms: Profit-maximising
Similar to: Increasing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Profit-maximizing

profiles
profilin
profiling
profilings
profilins
profilist
profilometer
profilometers
profilometric
profilometries
profilometry
profinite
profit
profit-and-loss statement
profit-maximising
profit-maximizing (current term)
profit-taking
profit and loss
profit and loss account
profit margin
profit margins
profit monger
profit sharing
profit taker
profit taking
profit takings
profit warning
profit warnings
profitabilities
profitability

Literary usage of Profit-maximizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Basic Procedures for Agroeconomic Research by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"In this chapter we will explain profit maximizing concepts in terms of how much of an input should be used to obtain maximum profit. ..."

2. Competing with the Government: Anticompetitive Behavior and Public Enterprises by R. Richard Geddes (2004)
"In contrast, on products for which customer purchases do not decline much in response to price increases, the profit- maximizing firm will set prices well ..."

3. Economic Reform in Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Implications for by Rod Tyers (1994)
"On the supply side, since profit-maximizing firms would generally not choose the observed output when confronted by the observed prices, the appropriate ..."

4. Interim Report of the Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for by National Research Council (U.S.) (2005)
"The profit-maximizing paradigm described below can inform many different methods of assessing how firms would be likely to respond to regulatory changes, ..."

5. The Strategic Value of Fossil Fuels: Challenges and Responses : Conference by International Energy Agency (1996)
"Like any seller, it wants to sell, but only at a profit-maximizing price. Its short- and long-term profit-maximizing interests may conflict. ..."

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