单词 | profit and loss |
释义 | > as lemmasprofit and (also †or) loss profit and (also †or) loss n. Accounting and Bookkeeping (a) = profit and loss account n. at Phrases 3b; (b) the net gain and loss made in a commercial transaction or series of transactions; (c) an arithmetical rule by which the gains or losses on commercial transactions are calculated. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts calends of exchangec1374 scorea1400 pipe1455 mensalc1475 profit and loss1553 stock1588 bank account1671 lump-account1699 revenue account1703 profit and loss account1721 sundry1736 drawing account1737 stock account?1768 private account1772 trading account1780 Flemish account1785 capital account1813 embankment1813 cost account1817 cash-credit1832 current account1846 savings account1850 deposit account1851 suspense account1869 control account1908 checking account1923 ghost account1933 numbered account1963 budget account1969 ISA1975 MSA1993 1553 J. Peele Maner & Fourme Perfecte Reconyng iv. sig. Bi In the other parcell, make profite and losse debitor for the losse. 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Eviij Of the famous accompt called profite or losse, or otherwise Lucrum or Damnum, and how to order it in the Leager. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce viii. 37 Thereby [sc. by measures] as by weights many commutations are regulated..and profit and losse is also thereby found out and distinguished. 1678 J. Vernon Compl. Compting-house 205 You must credit Cash for the Principal Mony that went out there; and you must credit Profit and Loss for the Interest Mony that is mentioned. a1690 S. Jeake Compl. Body Arithm. (1701) iv. iii. 582 This answereth to..the Second of the five Principals in a Geometrical Progression, and agreeth with the first Theorem, and is sometime called the Profit or Loss. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 133 The ordinary balance of profit and loss is not more advantageous in this than in other common trades by which so many people make fortunes. View more context for this quotation 1816 J. Austen Emma I. iv. 65 He will be a completely gross, vulgar farmer—totally inattentive to appearances, and thinking of nothing but profit and loss . View more context for this quotation 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. lvi. 240 She was too deeply materialized..by her long and enforced bondage to that arithmetical demon Profit-and-Loss, to retain much curiosity for its own sake. 1913 R. J. Porters Pitman's Dict. Book-keeping 330 Any loss sustained through obsolescence is charged to Profit and Loss. 1958 J. Wain Contenders xi. 226 ‘In reality they're subject to the same laws as business problems.’ ‘Profit and loss, you mean?’ 1999 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Nov. b4/6 Line-officer jobs, those with profit and loss responsibility that very often propel one into a top executive spot, remain dominated by men. < as lemmas |
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