See Also: profit and loss account(dictionary)
Realized profit (or loss)(money)
Profit and Loss Statement(money)
Realized profit (or loss)(finance)
Paper Profit (or Loss)(money)
Operating profit or loss(finance)
Operating profit (or loss)(money)
Profit and loss statement(finance)
Profit and loss account(finance)
occupy(dictionary)

Profit and loss account (finance) and occupy (oh)


Profit and loss account (finance)


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





occupy (oh)



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1 ?stay in a place?
2 ?fill time?
3 ?control by force?
4 ?fill space?
5 occupy somebody's mind/thoughts/attention
6 ?use?
7 ?official position?
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: occuper, from Latin occupare]
?STAY IN A PLACE?
to live or stay in a place
::He occupies the house without paying any rent.
::The building was purchased and occupied by its new owners last year.
?FILL TIME?
if something occupies you or your time, you are busy doing it
::Football occupies most of my leisure time.
occupy sb with (doing) sth
::Only six percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents.
?CONTROL BY FORCE?
to enter a place in a large group and keep control of it, especially by military force
-see also invade invade
::an occupying army
::Students occupied Sofia university on Monday.
?FILL SPACE?
to fill a particular amount of space
::Family photos occupied almost the entire wall.
occupy sb's mind/thoughts/attention
if something occupies your mind etc, you think about that thing more than anything else
-see also preoccupy preoccupy
::Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.
?USE?
to use something such as a room, seat, or bed
::Many patients who are occupying hospital beds could be transferred to Other places.
?OFFICIAL POSITION?
to have an official position or job
::Before becoming prime minister, he had already occupied several cabinet posts.
-see also occupied