comparative statement

American  

noun

1. a financial statement with figures arranged in two or more parallel columns, each column representing a fiscal year or other period, used to compare performance between periods.

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comparative statement

A comparative statement, he added, of the value of the exports of the two countries, would assist in confirming this opinion.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

All seem to view the comparative statement of the prices of teas in the same light that I do, as fatal to the monopoly.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough

The following is extracted from a comparative statement of the increase of the principal articles of produce which arrived at the New Orleans market during a period of three years.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Useful Hints and Recipes.—Following is a comparative statement of the toughness of various woods.—Ash,

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

A comparative statement of different years would doubtless show a general upward tendency.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Daniel Wallace Culp