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Definition of Profit margin
1. Noun. The ratio gross profits divided by net sales.
Definition of Profit margin
1. Noun. The ratio of net income to net sales of a company expressed as a percentage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profit Margin
Literary usage of Profit margin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oecd Economic Surveys: Spain by Oecd (2007)
"Productivity and profit margin in the distribution sector A. Productivity growth
in the distribution sector Average growth 1991 (or earliest year) to 2003 ..."
2. Patriotic Essays by Elroy Headley (1917)
"THE profit margin THE principles of good business are always new, yet old as the
dealings of men with men. In business there is no new thing under the sun, ..."
3. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"The higher the costs, the more profit dollars next year, since the profit
margin (percent) tends to remain about the same from year to year. ..."