profit and loss

Definitions of profit and loss
  1. noun
    an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
    synonyms: profit and loss account
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    type of:
    account, account statement, accounting
    a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
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