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gross profit

gross profit

3 3.2
The money left from sales after taking away the cost to make goods, before other costs like rent or taxes
  • noun
  • /ɡroʊs ˈprɒfɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : beneficio bruto
  • To calculate the gross profit, subtract the cost of goods sold from the total sales revenue.
  • gross profit margin
  • gross profit equals sales
  • gross profit margin—27.4 percent

Their Shopify store revenue is minus the cost of goods sold, so that I can understand, OK, what is the gross profit figure?

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Examples

  • Subtract expenses from gross profit, and you have net income.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Once the deal was complete and they were going direct, their sales and gross profit rose, but so did their operating expenses.

    Blog text (13)
  • What was the shop's gross profit on this sale?

    Blog text (7)
  • What was the shop's gross profit?

    Blog text (7)
  • Let's assume you make $50 of gross profit on each item sold.

    Blog text (1)
  • Subtract your cost from your revenue to get gross profit.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Its stock has a gross profit of $1.93 billion.

    Blog text (24)
  • Gross profit rose from $28.8 million to $34.1 million as the gross profit margin rose from 47.5% to 48%.

    Blog text (13)
  • The company's gross profit increased significantly after they reduced their production costs.

  • Last year, the business reported a gross profit of $500,000, which helped fund its expansion.

Antonyms

net profit
  • Specialized
6 3.2

Money left after paying all costs, taxes, and other charges

How Much

gross profit
  • Specialized
3 3.2
profit
  • Specialized
2.0
loss
695 2.1

Surface Forms

gross profit singular
gross profits plural

Morphology

gross + profit

The constituents 'gross' (total, before deductions) and 'profit' (monetary gain) make it reasonably clear to a B1 learner that this refers to a kind of profit measured before some deductions. However, the exact accounting scope (specifically sales minus cost of goods sold and excluding operating expenses/taxes) is technical and not fully predictable from the words alone, so it is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Gross profit uses gross to mean 'total' and profit to mean the money a business makes. So, it describes the money left from sales after you subtract the cost of goods, but before other costs or taxes.