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pre-tax

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pre-tax /ˌpriː ˈtæks◂/ adjective  pre-tax profits or losses are the profits or losses of a company before tax has been taken away 未扣税的,税前的 Pre-tax profits fell 26.6% to £3.1 million. 税前利润310万英镑,下降了26.6%pre-tax adverb
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pre-taxIn the first six months of 1992, member firms' pre-tax aggregate profits totalled £131 million.The criterion is the number of years before the pre-tax cash receipts from the project pay back the capital invested.Next in line was information services with 6.4% median turnover growth and 12.3% pre-tax growth.At the pre-tax level, profits were down 90.0% at £160,000.The pre-tax loss was £2.1m, down from £3.8m last time.Invesco saw pre-tax profit drop 23 p.c. to £14.5m in the year to December, after an exceptional item of £16.6m.Despite a further weakening of demand, St Ives managed to hold pre-tax profits at £10.1m in the six months to January.Interim figures unveiled yesterday show a 16% leap in pre-tax profits to £95m and are at the top end of market forecasts.Pre-tax profitsThere will not be a final dividend. Pre-tax profits in 1988 were £5.3m.Costs Pre-tax profits in the year ending March 31 collapsed to £40.7m from £95.7m previously.
From Longman Business Dictionarypre-taxˈpre-tax (also pretax) adjective [only before a noun] a company’s pre-tax profit, loss etc is calculated before tax is taken awayLatest quarter net loss of $256.7 million includes $400 million pretax restructuring charge.
profits pre-tax losses Business or Corpus are or profits the


pre-tax
pre-tax /ˌpriː ˈtæks◂/ adjective
pre-tax profits or losses are the profits or losses of a company before tax has been taken away:
    Pre-tax profits fell 26.6% to £3.1 million.
—pre-tax adverb


pre-taxBrE /ˌpriː ˈtæks/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpriː ˈtæks/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] before the tax has been taken away 未扣税的;税前的pre-tax profits/losses/income 税前利润/亏损/收入