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earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

1 7.3
Profit a company makes before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
  • noun
  • /ˈɜrnɪŋz bɪˈfɔr ˈɪntrəst, ˈtæksɪz, dɪˌprɛʃiˈeɪʃən ənd ˌæmɔrtaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ganancias antes de intereses, impuestos, depreciación y amortización
  • Last year's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
  • earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, also known

Examples

  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,617.90 million.

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  • Investors often look at earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization as a key indicator of financial health.

  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amount to $1,413.70 million.

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  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amount to $8,142.00 million.

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  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amount to $3,382.00 million.

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  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amount to $6,321.00 million.

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  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amount to $2,537.00 million.

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  • The firm's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14,792.00 million.

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  • Last quarter, the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization were reported at $2.5 million.

  • The board was pleased to announce that the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization had increased significantly this year.

Synonyms

EBITDA
vsearnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
  • Specialized
4 8.1

A measure of profit from business operations before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

is the full written phrase using words rather than an abbreviation

How Profitable

windfall
35 5.1
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
  • Specialized
1 7.3
profit
  • Specialized
∞ 2.0
to break even
27 3.3
loss
695 2.1

Surface Forms

earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization singular
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortizations plural
EBITDA singular

Morphology

earnings + before + interest, + taxes, + depreciation + and + amortization

The phrase is compositionally built: 'earnings before X' clearly means a company's profit measured prior to subtracting the listed items, and each listed item (interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization) names what is being excluded. Although the items are technical accounting terms, the overall relation is literal and predictable from the constituents, so a learner who knows those words can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization comes from a simple idea in business: you start with a company's earnings but leave out the costs for interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization so you can see the basic money the business makes. That's why the phrase is used to show a company's core operating profit or 'profitability'.