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profit margin

American  

noun

  1. the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.


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.

From The Wall Street Journal

First Solar, Array, and Shoals all said tariffs hurt their profit margins.

From Barron's

First Solar, Array, and Shoals all said tariffs hurt their profit margins.

From Barron's

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.

From Barron's

But ultimately it comes back to earnings, especially profit margins.

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