Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PROFIT SHARING PLAN - DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN characterized by the setting aside of a portion of an e...
  
  
• PROFIT TABLE - A table of results of a particular strategy at some point in time. This is usually a tab...
  
  
• PROFIT TAKING - Profit taking is the sale of securities after a rapid price increase to cash in on gain...
  
  
• PROFIT-SHARING PLAN - An incentive system providing that employees share in companys profits through a ...
  
  
• PROFITABILITY - company's ability to generate revenues in excess of the costs incurred in producing tho...
  
  
• PROFITABILITY INDEX - The present value of the future cash flows divided by the initial investment. Als...
  
  
• PROFITABILITY INDEX (PI) - The ratio of the present value of a project's future net cash flows to the p...
  
  
• PROFITABILITY MARGINS - Numerical term found on an income statement calculated by dividing figures such...
  
  
• PROFITABILITY RATIOS - Ratios that focus on how well a firm is performing. Profit margins measure perfo...
  
  
• PROGRAM - Related activities and projects that seek to accomplish a specific objective.