单词 | profit motive |
释义 | profit motivenounthe desire for profit that motivates one to engage in business ventures. Origin of profit motiveFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby profit motiveprofit centre, profiteer, profiteering, profiterole, profit margin, profit motive, profit sharing, profit squeeze, profit taking, profit warning, profligacy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for profit motiveprofit motive The ability to earn profits as the reason for producers to make and sell goods. notes for profit motiveThe profit motive is often called a great good or a great evil in society. On the one hand, it is said to represent selfishness; on the other, it is said to drive the free market system. (See invisible hand.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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