profit margin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of profit margin
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Supermarkets operate with razor-thin profit margins, stoking fierce competition to win as many customers as possible.
First Solar, Array, and Shoals all said tariffs hurt their profit margins.
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First Solar, Array, and Shoals all said tariffs hurt their profit margins.
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A year from now, this will either look like a genius move that kept Nvidia’s industry-leading gross profit margin high or a disastrous example of hubris that destroyed its gross margin.
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But ultimately it comes back to earnings, especially profit margins.
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