Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• OPERATING INTEREST - the legal right to assets used to produce revenue, e.g., produce oil or gas from a...
  
  
• OPERATING LEASE - Short-term, cancelable lease. A type of lease in which the contract period is shorter...
  
  
• OPERATING LEVERAGE - Fixed operating costs, which are characterized as leverage because they accentuate...
  
  
• OPERATING LOAN - A loan intended for short-term financing, supplying cash flow support or to cover day-...
  
  
• OPERATING MARGIN - the ratio of operating income to sales revenue.
  
  
• OPERATING PROFIT - Gross Profit minus Operating Expenses.
  
  
• OPERATING PROFIT (OR LOSS) - Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and befor...
  
  
• OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN - The ratio of operating profit to net sales.
  
  
• OPERATING PROFIT TO SALES - a useful ratio when evaluating value of a firm. It discounts the effect of ...
  
  
• OPERATING RATE - The percentage of total production capacity of a company, industry, or country that is...