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Definition of Profit-maximizing
1. Adjective. Making the profit as great as possible. "The profit-maximizing price"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profit-maximizing
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. ..."