net profit

This page is about the collocation net profit

collocation pattern: adjective + noun

Meaning

profit remaining after taxes and costs have been deducted

For example

  • Our company made a net profit of nearly a million dollars last year.

  • If our net profit increases this year, all our workers will get a bonus.

Quick Quiz

Net profits are greater if

a. costs are lower

b. taxes are higher

c. bonuses are bigger
a) costs are lower b) taxes are higher c) bonuses are bigger

Contributor: Matt Errey