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1. ''Insolvency law.'' 


A relative measure of profit, designed to facilitate comparisons between different businesses and between different time periods. 
An agreement between a financially distressed company and its creditors or members to effect a merger or a restructuring, which requires the sanction of the court.
 
Often expressed in percentage terms, for example, Return on capital employed.




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Profitability also means the general condition of earning profits, usually consistently, rather than being loss-making.
A similar agreement, for a company which is not necessarily financially distressed.


For example, a return to profitability following an earlier period of losses.


== See also ==
* [[Insolvency]]
* [[Merger]]
* [[Restructuring]]


== See also ==
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
* [[Drag]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
* [[Gross profit margin]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
* [[Loss]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
* [[Net profit margin]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
* [[Operating profit margin]]
* [[Profit]]
* [[Ratio analysis]]
* [[Return on capital employed]]
* [[Underlying]]

Revision as of 20:12, 15 January 2018

1. Insolvency law.

An agreement between a financially distressed company and its creditors or members to effect a merger or a restructuring, which requires the sanction of the court.


2.

A similar agreement, for a company which is not necessarily financially distressed.


See also

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