EBITDA

American  

[ee-bit-do] / ˈi bɪtˌdɒ /

noun

Finance, Business.

1. earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization: a widely used measure of the profitability (or lack thereof) resulting from a company’s core operations, calculated by subtracting from total revenue the cost of goods (or services) sold, sales and marketing expenses, and the cost of overhead. Other costs that may be indirectly related to operations, as interest (paid on company debt), taxes (paid on profits), and depreciation and amortization (generally of property and equipment), are not taken into account when calculating EBITDA.

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EBITDA British  

abbreviation

1. Often shortened to: EBIT.  earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization

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Usage

What does EBITDA mean? EBITDA is a financial abbreviation that stands for Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization.

Etymology

Origin of EBITDA

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Using the pro forma earnings measure known as adjusted EBITDA, which excludes some expenses, it doubled its profit to $128 million.

From New York Times

Cardiff Airport uses EBITDA, which records earnings before tax, interest and other items, to report on its financial performance.

From BBC

The Cobre Panama mine's activity accounts for nearly 5% of the country's economy, and last year represented about half of First Quantum's EBITDA.

From Reuters

Those coveted assets have previously been bought and sold at hefty multiples of more than 20 times their EBITDA.

From Reuters

Last year, he said, the publication generated about $13.5 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA.

From New York Times