| 单词 | to wash its face |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash its face Finance (chiefly British). to wash its face: (of an organization, enterprise, asset, etc.) to reach a point when profits are equal to costs, or there is no net gain or loss; to achieve a financially balanced outcome; to break even. Cf. wash n. Additions. ΚΠ 1946 Hansard Commons 15 May 1959 As regards its financial transactions, it should meet all its liabilities, it should pay its way, wash its face—use what terms you like. 1982 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. 14 [The company]..contributed £3.7m after financing costs in the year to September and roughly washed its face in cash flow terms. 1993 Guardian (Electronic ed.) 19 Mar. UK imports from Hong Kong stand at pounds 2.5 billion, which means that it is one of the few major trading areas of the world where the UK has been washing its face. 2021 liverpoolecho.co.uk (Nexis) 17 July This property is not going to wash its face, it's actually going to make cash flow which is really important. < as lemmas |
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