profit and loss account
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of profit and loss account
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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"How can anybody factor that in to their profit and loss account? To pick a figure out of the air, and say you've got to pay it, I think is unfair."
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2022
To make this practical, Haier has broken down its 80,000 workforce into hundreds of internal micro companies, each with a profit and loss account even when they are only supplying internal corporate customers.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2013
Taking the trial balance shown above, the following represent the trading account, profit and loss account, Balance sheet. and balance sheet compiled therefrom.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
A profit and loss account, eight; and an account with William Smith, nine.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
So your forty thousand francs have already been entered on my profit and loss account.
From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile
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