wind winding twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
nonprofit organization nonprofit not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
field coil field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
pall shroud cerement winding-sheet windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
primary coil primary winding primary | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit, current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil |
secondary coil secondary winding secondary | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
profit gain | the advantageous quality of being beneficial |
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 |
winnings win profits | something won (especially money) |
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 |
self-winding | designed so that manual winding is unnecessary, a self-winding watch |
nonprofit non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
meandering(a) rambling wandering(a) winding | of a path e.g., meandering streams, rambling forest paths, the river followed its wandering course, a winding country road |
tortuous twisting twisty winding voluminous | marked by repeated turns and bends, a tortuous road up the mountain, winding roads are full of surprises, had to steer the car down a twisty track |
profit-maximizing profit-maximising | making the profit as great as possible, the profit-maximizing price |