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exceptional items

 
 
noun [plural] (also exceptionals)

Definition

ACCOUNTING amounts of money shown in a company's accounts that relate to unusual events that do not happen regularly: Including exceptional items, related to the sale this year of its 34 US businesses, pretax profit fell 7.1%. → Compare extraordinary items
(Definition of exceptional items noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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