Converse of object

• operate: Sales revenues forged ahead, growing 19 % year on year whilst operating profit increased by 15 % .

• maximize: These forces will continue to insist that all production should be aimed at maximizing profit.

• announce: Ellis & Everard announced pre-tax profits of 32 million pounds for the year ending April 1999.

• generate: Last year, its 70,000 employees helped generate pre-tax profits of £ 350m.

• earn: The group that earns the most profit at the end of the project is the winner.

Adjective modifier

• pre-tax: The company made £ 83 million pre-tax profit last year.

• taxable: Rentals can normally be offset against taxable profit * .

• gross: Our retail energy supply gross profit grew by 14 % to £ 95 million.

• net: Tax is then charged o the net rental income profit.

• non: The Radon Council are a non profit making regulatory body for the radon industry.

Modifies a noun

• margin: With similar price declines expected, the squeeze on profit margins looks set to continue.

• motive: The hypothetical tenant in an ability to pay scenario is likely to have no profit motive.

• maximization: Capital, on the other hand seeks profit maximization.

• sharing: Stock bonus plan: A type of profit sharing plan, where contributions are made in the form of company stock.

• warning: That is the equivalent of a finance director giving two profit warnings in a year.

Noun used with modifier

• operating: Operating profits increased by 17 % to £ 47 million.

• windfall: To add insult to injury, the scheme is proving a recipe for windfall profits.

• trading: As a result we even posted a small overall trading profit for the year.

Preposition: before

• taxation: Taxation As in 2003, the tax provision exceeds the profit before taxation shown in the statutory accounts.

Preposition: of

• pound: Ellis & Everard announced pre-tax profits of 32 million pounds for the year ending April 1999.