motivation motive need | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal, the reason for the action, that which gives purpose and direction to behavior, we did not understand his motivation, he acted with the best of motives |
nonprofit organization nonprofit not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
motif motive | a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration |
locomotion motive power motivity | the power or ability to move |
profit gain | the advantageous quality of being beneficial |
motif motive | a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music |
rational motive | a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument |
irrational motive | a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic |
ethical motive ethics morals morality | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
profit taker | someone who sells stock shares at a profit |
net income net net profit lucre profit profits earnings | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other nonash expenses) |
paper profit | an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price |
windfall profit | profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it |
gross profit gross profit margin margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold |
margin of profit profit margin gross margin | the ratio gross profits divided by net sales |
profit sharing | a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
profit and loss profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss |
profit turn a profit | make a profit, gain money or materially, The company has not profited from the merger |
profit gain benefit | derive a benefit from, She profited from his vast experience |
motivative(a) motive(a) motivating | impelling to action, it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function- Arthur Pap, motive pleas, motivating arguments |
motive(a) motor | causing or able to cause motion, a motive force, motive power, motor energy |
nonprofit non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
profit-maximizing profit-maximising | making the profit as great as possible, the profit-maximizing price |