Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An account showing net profit and loss over a given period.
Wiktionary
- n. A profit-and-loss statement; an income statement.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
Examples
“He united Aegis Media's five key media brands—Carat, Isobar, Posterscope, Vizeum and iProspects—under one profit and loss statement in order to better provide services from across the different brands to one client and attract more and larger contracts.”
“Malaita, the profit and loss account of social intercourse is calculated in homicides.”
“It must be worth it or we would not be here,' said Losenwoldt squelchingly, which I at least interpreted as ignorance of the profit and loss figures of the business.”
“As a final step in his comparative review of Indemsa’s Peruvian and Ecuadorian operations, Magyar examined their profit and loss statements Exhibit 6.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
“Producers, The production assistants production budgets above-the-line costsaccountingaverage costbelow-the-line costsand budget overrunsbudget topsheetand completion guarantee, inclusion ofcost-cuttingcost-escalation ofcostsfor independent moviesplanningpostproductionpreproductionprofit and loss scenarios (p&l’s)for television moviestime is moneyproduction designer production management crew hiredaily production reportsdocumentation during shootingplanningproduction periodsteps introubleshootingproduction manager profit and loss scenarios (p&l’s)”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘profit and loss’.
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odds and ends
contrasting idioms incorporating 'and'
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And Another Thing
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