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the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied esp. to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business

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Usage examples (37)
  • Your coming home wouldn't change the company's profit-and-loss statement.
  • That would keep JEDI I off Enron's balance sheet and its profit-and-loss statement.
  • One brother prefers to pour over the New York Yankees 'profit-and-loss projections.
  • Unfortunately, Natalie had not compiled a reliable profit-and-loss statement in months.
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