0 the difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for: --
1 the amount that is made in a business after the costs have been subtracted: --
2 the difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for, or between the total amount of money a company receives from sales and the total cost of producing all its products and services. The profit margin is often expressed as a percentage: --
gross/net profit margin But while printers carry gross profit margins of 15% to 20%, the margin on ink is 50%.
cut/improve profit margins Weak domestic demand has forced prices lower and cut profit margins.
high/low profit margins Other mid-size businesses, especially those with low profit margins, have similar objections.
Like our own bacon farmers, they are working at the moment on a very slender profit margin.
One wonders about the profit margin of those retailers that pitch the original price in this country.
It means that if a retailer is using a wholesaler he will get a smaller profit margin than if he deals with the manufacturer.
Moreover, the risk of losses could be minimized by fixing a low producer price, which would reduce the cost of buying the crop and raise the profit margin on sales.
Second, our data do not contain enough information to perform the cost and profit margin calculations necessary to measure producer surplus without making additional strong assumptions.
Merchant's profits would be sustained only if there is more business, to compensate the lower profit margin.
This rising effort could serve to deplete the stocks over time, decrease fishery productivity, and, in turn, drive the industry's profit margin down.
To calculate the increment, the documented ventures (one lease and two tax farms) were examined in order to establish a sample profit margin.
