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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gross profits
  plural

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Example Sentences

Benchmark analyst Michael Albanese wrote Wednesday that the better-than-expected quarterly results were driven by a “deliberate shift” to prioritize volume at the expense of gross profit per unit.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

While Apple doesn’t report the gross profit margins on individual products, the TechInsights research suggests the margin on the $1,099 iPhone 17 Pro was a tidy 47%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

“While this supports management’s view that it has ‘turned the corner’ on volumes, gross profit declined and margin compression underscores the tradeoff,” Albanese noted.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Companies on the screen had to have recent gross profit margins below their long-term averages, but have analysts calling for rising gross profit margins.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The future began to look bright enough, as I had to distribute as commissions only two hundred dollars, which left me a gross profit of four hundred dollars.

From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Train, Arthur Cheney

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