pre-exceptionalsadv.
/ˌpriːᵻkˈsɛpʃn̩(ə)lz/, /ˌpriːᵻkˈsɛpʃən(ə)lz/, /ˌpriːɛkˈsɛpʃn̩(ə)lz/, /ˌpriːɛkˈsɛpʃən(ə)lz/, U.S. /ˌpriᵻkˈsɛpʃ(ə)nəlz/, /ˌpriɛkˈsɛpʃ(ə)nəlz/ Business (chiefly British).
Before the deduction of exceptional items. Cf. exceptional n. Additions.
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1984 Financial Times 5 Jan. 18/7 From profits of £3.4m—pre-exceptionals—in calendar 1978 the company collapsed into a £1.4m loss in 1982.
2001 H. Dixon Finance just in Time (2002) vii. 72 Pre-tax profit − tax due = Earnings pre-exceptionals.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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