profit calculation

Revenue minus costs

Profit calculation is the process of determining how much money remains after subtracting costs from revenue.

The term appears in business and accounting contexts: The profit calculation showed we'd broken even.

It may refer to a specific formula or method, or more loosely to any assessment of financial gain.

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thin margins · mark up · balance · contribution margin · opportunity cost · financial software · pricing strategy · in the black · cost · total · EBITDA · amortization · sunk cost · market analysis · return on investment · price · cash · bottom line

Opposites
revenue versus cost focus

profit calculationcost accounting

Recording and analyzing operational expenses

expense tracking · cost-benefit analysis

revenue vs. net income

profit calculationgross income

Earnings before any deductions

gross revenue · total sales · gross receipts · sales volume

accounting precision

profit calculationrough estimate

Imprecise preliminary calculation

ballpark figure · educated guess

Family

profit, profits, profitable, profitably, profitability, profiting, profited, nonprofit, unprofitable

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