Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

attributable profit

 
 
noun [C or U] STOCK MARKET, ACCOUNTING

Definition

a company's profit for a particular period that is owed to shareholders and is either paid as dividends or kept as reserves: The bank registered attributable profit of $367 million.
(Definition of attributable profit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Focus on the pronunciation of attributable profit

Word of the Day

demur

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More