earnings

  • 31earnings schedule — UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► EARNINGS REPORT(Cf. ↑earnings report): »The company is due to report a better than expected earnings schedule for the end of February. ► a list of when particular companies earnings reports are expected to be published:… …

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  • 32Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — (EBITDA) is a non GAAP metric that can be used to evaluate a company s profitability.::EBITDA = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Other RevenueIts name comes from the fact that Operating Expenses do not include interest, taxes, or… …

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  • 33earnings basis — ˌearnings ˈbasis noun [singular] FINANCE used to discuss a company s performance based on its profits, rather than other measures of performance: • While not cheap on an earnings basis, the stock s $2 a share in operating cash flow makes it a… …

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  • 34earnings release — UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► an official statement that gives details of a company s profit or loss for a particular period: »Companies expecting disappointing earnings have told investors prior to the actual earnings release. weekly/quarterly/annual …

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  • 35earnings differential — ➔ differential1 * * * earnings differential UK US noun [C] (also pay differential) ECONOMICS, HR ► the difference in pay between two jobs with different responsibilities or between employees with different qualifications or experience: »There is… …

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  • 36earnings growth — UK US noun [U] FINANCE ► a measure of the increase in a company s income in a particular period: »Disappointment over slower earnings growth caused the stock price to tumble. ● buy earnings growth Cf. buy earnings growth …

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  • 37earnings surprise — UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► an earnings report that shows profit or loss that is much higher or lower than was expected: quarterly/annual earnings surprise »Shares rose nearly 5% last week as traders bet on a positive quarterly earnings surprise …

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  • 38earnings-related — UK US adjective economics relating to the amount of money that you earn, or calculated according to the amount of money that you earn Thesaurus: words used to describe wages and salarieshyponym wages and salariessynonym * * * ˌearnings reˈlated… …

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  • 39earnings record — The record of a person s earnings over his or her lifetime that is maintained by the Social Security Administration for purposes of calculating the amount of benefits to which one may be entitled including retirement benefits, disability benefits …

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  • 40earnings cap — 1) The restriction on the amount of earnings which can be taken into account in calculating remuneration or final remuneration in determining the HM Revenue & Customs limits for an approved scheme. Related links 2) Also known as the pensions cap …

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