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profit margin

noun

  1. 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.

But you might miss out on a few basis points of profit margin if you do.

Yet in 1988, Intel earned $452.9 million on $2.87 billion in revenues—a fat 16 percent profit margin.

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.

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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