Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• NET OPERATING LOSS (NOL)
  
  experienced by a business when business deductions exceed business income for the fiscal year. For income tax purposes, a net operating loss can be used to offset income in a prior year, or a taxpayer can elect to forego the carry back and carry the net operating loss forward.
  
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