profit margin

noun
the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.

Origin:
1925–30

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profit margin

noun
the ratio gross profits divided by net sales [syn: margin of profit
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By evolution these are low profit margin businesses, you can never expect these
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The rising costs have little or nothing to do with an increasing profit margin,
  but rather the increased cost of services.
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