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leveraged buyout

its own management using debt to finance the purchase of equity with debt to be paid by future profits or sale of company assets

margin

difference between net sales and the cost of the merchandise sold from which expenses are usually met or profits derived 2 : the amount by which the market value of collateral is greater than the face value

partner

partner who takes no active part in conducting the partnership business but who receives a share of its profits and whose existence is often not made public called also dormant partner

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Emblement

The growing crop or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted used especially in the plural The produce of grass

profit

appreciation compare earnings, loss 2 : a benefit or advantage from the use of property see also mesne profits, profit a prendre compare easement, right of way, servitude

profit sharing

profit sharing : a plan under which employees receive a part of the profits of an enterprise

reinvest

in additional securities b : to invest (as earnings) in a business rather than distribute as dividends or profits

scalp

scalp : to buy and sell so as to make small quick profits [ stocks] ;esp : to resell at greatly increased prices vi : to profit by slight market fluctuations

short-swing profit

period NOTE: Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that a corporation may recover short-swing profits realized by an insider within six months.

Son of Sam law

Son of Sam law [after Son of Sam, pseudonym of serial killer David Berkowitz, whose profits from the sale of his story a 1977 New York statute attempted to divert to his victims] :

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