gross profit

American  

noun

gross profits plural

1. gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.

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gross profit British  

noun

1. accounting the difference between total revenue from sales and the total cost of purchases or materials, with an adjustment for stock

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Noun Inflected Forms

• gross profits
  plural

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gross profit

In May, AMD reported that data-center sales rose 57% in the first quarter and expected strong sales and adjusted gross profit in the second quarter.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Apple’s price hikes arrived the day after Micron Technology, the big American maker of memory and storage, reported blowout quarterly earnings, touting gross profit margins that topped 80%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The caution comes despite gross profit margins that have soared to records: in Micron’s case, 80%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

But Nvidia’s gross profit margins are now in the mid-70% range compared with the high 40% range for Apple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Suppose 10 per cent to be the gross profit that is necessary to attract capital to the particular industry.

From Supply and Demand by Henderson, Hubert D.

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