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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Example Sentences

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 Culp, Daniel Wallace

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 Marshall, John

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 Burroughs, Barkham

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 Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

The present occasion, although allowing of no lengthened remarks, may yet, perhaps, admit of a short comparative statement of important subjects of national interest as they existed at that day, and as they now exist.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel