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
A history of the loss is attached to the stub, and the amount of the bill carried to the profit and loss account of the company.
From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.
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
It hurt him to see that little three dollars go on the profit and loss account.
From Tales of the Road by Crewdson, Charles N. (Charles Newman)
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