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

But no such comparative statement would have satisfied Mam' Lyddy.

From Mam' Lyddy's Recognition 1908 by Thomas Nelson Page

I have in my hand two accounts; one, a comparative statement of the export trade of England to its colonies, as it stood in the year 1704, and as it stood in the year 1772.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott

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

They will also prepare a comparative statement showing all bids submitted, and a copy of all contracts as finally awarded.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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

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