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profit margin
noun
- the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of profit margin1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
His profit margin on the quarter pounds he admitted to selling was a measly $200.
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But you might miss out on a few basis points of profit margin if you do.
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Yet in 1988, Intel earned $452.9 million on $2.87 billion in revenues—a fat 16 percent profit margin.
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So as long as the ban on outgoing goods remains in place, he will restrict himself to the lower profit margin of the local market.
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Target, the store that is most like Walmart (albeit with a younger, more upscale demographic), has a profit margin of 4.1%.
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