profit-and-loss statement

2 4.1

A report that shows how much money a company made and spent during a period

noun
/ˈprɒfɪt ənd lɔs ˈsteɪtmənt/

: estado de pérdidas y ganancias

The accountant prepared the profit-and-loss statement to summarize the company's financial performance for the year.
profit-and-loss statement shows

Examples

Calculate a Profit and Loss Statement.

Academic text (1998)
The goal was revised to $400 once we started working out our profit and loss statement.

Academic text (1998)
So here's what we want to get to is our profit and loss statement for four years.
So that was just a bit more than $28,000 according to the profit and loss statement the Diaspora team sent me today.

Blog text (16)
Specifically, I would like to see financial statements (preferably income statements, also called profit and loss statements) from 2010, 2011, and 2012 for both Grapefest and Main Street Days.

Blog text (18)
The new reports include a functional budget showing expenditures by activity (rather than the pre-existing format by reporting function); a simplified profit and loss statement that shows the actual flow of revenue and expenditures; and reports showing entity expenses against the budget for the entire year.

Academic text (2005)
During the quarterly meeting, the manager presented the profit-and-loss statement to highlight the revenue and expenses.
Investors reviewed the profit-and-loss statement to understand the company's profitability over the last five years.

Synonyms

earnings report

vsprofit-and-loss statement

Specialized

7 2.9

A company report that shows how much profit or loss it made over a set time

is the full accounting summary of revenues, expenses, and net result

income statement

vsprofit-and-loss statement

Specialized

3 3.6

A report showing a company's money received, costs, and profit or loss over time

is an identical concept often called by another common name

profit and loss

vsprofit-and-loss statement

3 3.4

A record that shows a company's income, costs, and net profit or loss

can cover any reporting period, not only end of accounting cycle

profit and loss account

vsprofit-and-loss statement

4.7

A report made at the end of a business year that shows its profit or loss

is the broader summary focusing on overall revenues, expenses, and net result

operating statement

vsprofit-and-loss statement

Specialized

5.2

A report that shows a company's income and expenses for a month or year

includes non operating items and shows total profit or loss, not only operations

How Detailed

financial audit

Formal

1 3.6

financial statement

Specialized

18 3.6

profit-and-loss statement

2 4.1

summary

397 2.7

Surface Forms

profit-and-loss statement singular

profit-and-loss statements plural

Morphology

profit-and-loss + statement

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'profit-and-loss statement' is simply a 'statement' (document) listing 'profit' and 'loss' figures. This is a transparent, cross-linguistically common financial construction so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the overall meaning.

Etymology

The noun profit-and-loss statement is like a simple money report that lists profit, what the company earns, and loss, what it loses. So the name means a report that 'shows' how much a business 'made' or 'lost' over a set time.