1.   Both turnover and operating profits were lower.

2.   If profits are negative, some firms will be driven out from the industry until the remaining firms do not lose money.

3.   In financial terms, net parental profit has never been so negative.

4.   In Marx, profit is the consequence of exploitation, not a return to entrepreneurial risk-taking activity.

5.   In the absence of an express provision, the profits are to be shared equally.

6.   Never forget that profit is the goal of a good business plan.

7.   Profits are below expectations.

8.   The employees would prefer profits to be lower if maximising them involves plant closures or the introduction of job-destroying technology.

9.   The profit was the difference between the higher black Market and lower official rate.