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profit margin

NOUN
  1. the ratio gross profits divided by net sales

How To Use profit margin In A Sentence

  • At present, power is very high orders, to improve gross profit margins.
  • The air time is sold by broadcast bottom feeders who could care less about anything beyond profit margins.
  • The company reported strong profit margins in its fourth quarter results, although revenues were below expectations.
  • The F.W. Woolworth Company reported profit margins of 20 percent but actually lowered the wages of salesgirls in its stores, citing the need for belt tightening.
  • This is good for their profit margins but not healthy brain function - and in any case it can be unlearnt. Times, Sunday Times
  • His backup was cement, and he knew exactly what profit margin to expect on it.
  • That's because low and falling utilization rates also hurt profit margins, not just once, but twice.
  • The profit margin on hardware sales for the first quarter was a dismal 29%.
  • Since shareholders have a nasty habit of leaving, customers will probably have to bear the brunt of these losses and the bank may try to push profit margins even wider apart.
  • The service will initially operate only with leading brand-name products, keeping customers away from cheaper goods with smaller profit margins. Times, Sunday Times
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