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Profit and loss account(finance)
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Profit and Loss Statement(money)
Profit and loss statement(finance)
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Operating profit (or loss)(money)
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beach-la-mar (iou) and Profit and loss account (finance)


beach-la-mar (iou)



beach-la-mar noun. E19.
[Alt. of Portuguese bicho do mar: see BeCHE-DE-MER. Cf. BISLAMA.]
= BeCHE-DE-MER 1. Only in E19.
(Also Beach-la-mar.) An English-based pidgin formerly used as a trade language and contact vernacular in the SW Pacific. Also = BISLAMA. L19.

Profit and loss account (finance)


In Britain, financial statement which shows the profit or loss made by a company during the accounting period.