Profits Sentence Examples

It's increased profits about seven percent over last quarter.

Such crude attempts as were made to prevent rates from being excessive concerned themselves with profits, and were designed to confiscate for the state treasury any earnings beyond a certain prescribed dividend.

Some stocks reliably pay dividends, portions of a corporation's profits paid out in cash to its shareholders.

In normal cases profits were divided according to contract, usually equally.

In many cases the state or the ruler has sought to obtain a share in the profits of mining, or even to work mines for the individual profit of the ruler or of the state.

Burton was evidently a mesne borough under the abbot, who held the court of the manor and received the profits of the borough according to the charter of Henry I.

Mendoza undertook to conquer and settle the territory at his own charges, certain profits being reserved to the crown.

Four out of the five essays are elaborate and powerful solutions of perplexing technical problems - the distribution of the gains of international commerce, the influence of consumption on production, the definition of productive and unproductive labour, the precise relations between profits and wages.

No one but a Venetian citizen was permitted to share in the profits of that trade.

Greater profits obtained from sugar caused the industry to be abandoned, except in the small island of Carriacou.

By advertising your services to the aforementioned individuals, you may be able to build a lasting relationship that will yield large profits down the road.

Although you won't need to spend as much time marketing your work if you choose this business strategy, you will be required to give a portion of the profits to the website administrators.

Articles can be sold to online publications for a flat fee or a percentage of future profits.

To improve their profits?

They were sitting around the dining room table, spellbound as Fred gave witness to past purchases and profits.

In any case, hiring a handler would eat up her profits.

The Belgian government endeavoured by reducing rates and increasing facilities to stimulate inland telegraphy in the hope of thereby increasing the profits of the department.

The profits when earned were derived mainly from foreign messages and transit messages between foreign countries, while the receipts from inland messages did not always cover expenses.

The price is to be fixed by the Railway and Canal Commissioners as arbitrators on the basis of the " then value," exclusive of any allowance for past or future profits or any compensation for compulsory sale or other consideration.

The cura tori or curatoli (factors) receive 40 a year, with a slight interest in the profits; the stockmen hardly earn in money and kind 13; the muleteers and underworkmen get between 5 to 8, plus firewood, bread and oil; irregular workmen have even lower wages, with a daily distribution of bread, salt and oil.

In addition to an initial endowment by the state, part of the annual income of the fund is furnished in various forms by the state (principally by making over a proportion of the profits of the Post Office Savings Bank), and part by the premiums of the workmen.

The capital value of the whole of the lines, rolling stock, &c., for 1 9081909 was calculated approximately at 1/2244,f 61,400, and the profits at 1/25,295,019, or 22%.

The profits of his inroad were reaped by despots, who used the Ghibelline prestige for the consolidation of their own power.

His office brought him in L20,000 a year,' and he was known to be making large profits by the sale of offices; he maintained his power by corruption and by jealously excluding from office men of high standing and ability.

The railways are prospering because they are managed with great skill and are doing increasing amounts of business, though at lessening unit profits.

It has also the right to purchase the undertaking at the end of the first fifteen years, the net profits of the preceding seven years to govern the calculation of the purchase price.

Notwithstanding the advance of £160,000 made by the four protecting powers after the institution of autonomous government and the profits (£61,937) derived from the issue of a new currency in 1900, there was at the beginning of 1906 an accumulated deficit of £23,470, which represents the floating debt.

He was never instituted or inducted to the living of Leyton, but in 1674 he was licensed by the bishop of London to preach and expound the word of God, and to perform the full office of priest and curate while it was vacant, and until his death he received the profits of it.

She now commanded the route to the Holy Land and could supply the necessary transport, and from the Crusades her growing aristocracy reaped large profits.

If the various states on the immediate mainland could levy taxes on Venetian goods in transit, the Venetian merchant would inevitably suffer in profits.

The profits obtained from ground-nuts (Arachis hypogea) in Gambia, gold mining in the Gold Coast, and from products of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) in the palm-oil belt serve to prevent much attention being given to cotton in these districts.

But the dealing syndicate has probably been of late more common and more powerful - that is, the syndicate which exists to make profits out Table calculated from Weekly Prices between the 1st of October and the 31st of July in each Year.

The President was insistent upon the need of repealing the excess profits taxes and reducing transportation taxes and income surtaxes.

It is true that the king had a revenue, collected by the vicomte and paid into the secretum or treasury - a revenue composed of tolls on the caravans and customs from the ports, of the profits of monopolies and the proceeds of justice, of poll-taxes on Jews and Mahommedans, and of the tributes paid by Mahommedan powers.

Nevertheless, of the death of a man, and of a maihem done in great ships, being and hovering in the main stream of great rivers, only beneath the [[[bridges]]] of the same rivers [nigh] to the sea, and in none other places of the same rivers, the admiral shall have cognizance, and also to arrest ships in the great flotes for the great voyages of the king and of the realm; saving always to the king all manner of forfeitures and profits thereof coming; and he shall have also jurisdiction upon the said flotes, during the said voyages only; saving always to the lords, cities, and boroughs, their liberties and franchises."

The gross receipts from this export trade amounted in the year1908-1909to £T99,564, and the profits approximately to £T12,000, in spite of the contest between Liverpool and Spanish salt merchants on the Calcutta market, which led to a heavy cutting of prices.

The systems of guarantee above described are clearly faulty, since theoretically the railway company which ran no trains at all would, up to the limit of its guarantee, make the largest profits.

A wealthy man, addicted to his pleasures and his profits, finds religion to be a traffic so entangled, and of so many piddling accounts, that of all mysteries he cannot skill to keep a stock going upon that trade.

The product of the elevated inland regions is good, but the costs of transportation and the small profits afforded have prevented its extensive cultivation, and it is imported from the La Plata republics for consumption along the coast.

The coffee producers of Sao Paulo and other states found that the appreciation in value of the milreis was reducing their profits, and they advocated this measure (at first with a valuation of 12d.) to check the upward movement in exchange.

There can be no doubt that if Cobden had been satisfied to devote all his energies to commercial life he might soon have attained to great opulence, for it is understood that his share in the profits of the business he had established amounted to from £8000 to £10,000 a year.

For a few months he was usher at a boarding school at Blackheath, but on the 26th of September 1760 he became perpetual curate of New Brentford, the incumbency of which his father had purchased for him, and he retained its scanty profits until 1773.

A tax of 10% is levied on the annual net produce of all gold workings (proclamation of 1902) and the government takes 60% of the profits on diamond mines.

The diamond revenue yielded £235,000 and the gold profits tax £965,000.

The public revenues are derived from customs taxes and charges on imports and exports, transit taxes, cattle taxes, profits on coinage, receipts from state monopolies, receipts from various public services such as the post office, telegraph, Caracas waterworks, &c., and sundr y taxes, fines and other sources.

Although the Saxons hated towns and refused to settle in London, they may have allowed the original inhabitants to continue their trade on condition that they received some share of the profits or a tribute.

The risk of failure in mining enterprises is offset by the chances of more than ordinary profits.

In the case of mining properties these profits are more or less uncertain, and cannot be accurately determined until the deposit has been thoroughly explored and fully developed.

In many instances, indeed, profits are more or less uncertain during the whole life of the mine, and it is evident that the value of the mining property must be more or less speculative.

The right to mine for rubies by European methods and to levy royalties from persons working by native methods was leased to the Burma Ruby Mines Company, Limited, in 1889, and the lease was renewed in 1896 for 14 years at a rent of Rs.3,15,000 a year plus a share of the profits.

The rent was Sikhs 6,596 Jews 685 Parsees 245 Others 28 reduced permanently in 1898 to Rs.2,00,000 a year, but the share of the profits taken by government was increased from 20 to 30%.

He opposed the excess profits tax but maintained that a small tax should be laid " on the volume of business of a going concern."

Funds are raised from the voluntary offerings of the corps, from open-air and other collections, from friends interested in evangelical and charitable work, and from the profits on publications and general trading.

In a similar manner grants of land, or of the profits of land, appear to have been made by the bishops to their clergy for life, on the ground of some extraordinary merit on the part of the grantee.

All benefices except those under the clear annual value of £50 pay their first fruits (one year's profits) and tenths (of yearly profits) to Queen Anne's Bounty for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poorer clergy.

Here he remained during the whole season, as joint-manager with Sheridan, in the direction and profits of the Theatre Royal in Smock Alley.

When the World War broke out he secured an enormous share in the war profits which flowed into the coffers of the great industrialists.

The profits of the industry are thus widely distributed among the producers.

He had written a popular history of the late war, the first volume having an immense sale and bringing him unusually large profits.

But the whole course of this expansion had been watched with suspicion by Japan, from the time of the Saghalien incident of 1875, when the island power, then barely emerging from the feudal age, had to cede her half of the island to Russia, to the Shimonoseki treaty of 1895, when the powers compelled her to forego the profits of her victory over China.

Large commercial interests were in fact involved in the forward policy, "the period of heavy capital expenditure was over, that of profits about to commence," and the power and intentions of Japan were ignored or misunderstood.

Mr Roosevelt not only attacked dishonesty in public affairs but in private business as welt, asserting that "malefactors of great wealth" endeavour to control legislation so as to increase the profits of monopolies or "trusts," and that to prevent such control it is necessary to extend the powers of the federal government.

In carrying out this policy of government regulation and supervision of corporations he became involved in a great struggle with the powerful financial interests whose profits were threatened, and with those legislators who sincerely believed that government should solely concern itself with protecting life and property, and should leave questions of individual and social relations in trade and finance to be settled by the operation of so-called natural economic laws.

The old theory was that the general prosperity of the country depends upon the development of its natural resources - a development which can best be achieved by private capital, acting under the natural incentive of financial profits.

Nor was the concentration of wealth the only danger of this policy; it led to the destruction of forests, the exhaustion of farming soils and the wasteful mining of coal and minerals, since the desire for quick profits, even when they entail risk to permanency of capital, is always a powerful human motive.

The price of tobacco and the tariff of the State railways were considerably increased, special war increases were introduced in the direct taxes, and in April 1916 an entirely new tax was imposed - the " war profits tax," the name of which was subsequently altered to " war tax."

Another enactment assures to miners a 10% share of the net profits, this sum to be employed for educative, philanthropic, or other purposes of utility for the benefit of the miners.

The profits of trade had value in his eyes only as means to these ends, and settlements were important chiefly as a base of discovery.

Many of the zoological gardens are owned by private companies and derive their income entirely from gate-money, menagerie sales, rent of refreshment rooms, concert-halls and other auxiliary public attractions, any profits being distributed amongst the members of the company.

But the competition of cheaper labour in other countries reduced the profits on this plant and the product of 1899 was a decrease from 78,818,000 lb in 1859.

It was therefore only as the God of Israel that the true God could be known within Israel; and so on the one hand the little society of faith - which had not in reality the least tinge of political coherence - is thought of as yet forming the true kernel of the nation qua nation, while on the other hand the state of Judah profits by the prophetic religion inasmuch as the nation must be saved from destruction in order that the prophetic faith - which is still bound up with the idea of the nation - may not be dissolved.

The same circumstances detertnine the variation of profits, but in an opposite direction; the increase of stock, which raises wages, tending to lower profit through the mutual competition of capitalists.

Yet pecuniary wages and profits are very different in different employments - either from certain circumstances affecting.

Rent, wages and profits, as they are the elements of price, are also the constituents of income; and the three great orders of every civilized society, from whose revenues that of every other order is ultimately derived, are the landlords, the labourers and the capital ists.

In what are commonly called loans of money, it is not really the money, but the money's worth, that the borrower wants; and the lender really assigns to him the right to a certain portion of the annual produce of the land and labour of the country, As the general capital of a country increases, so also does the particular portion of it from which the possessors wish to derive a revenue without being at the trouble of employing it themselves, and, as the quantity of stock thus available for loans is augmented, the interest diminishes, not merely "from the general causes which make the market price of things commonly diminish as their quantity increases," but because, with the increase of capital, "it becomes gradually more and more difficult to find within the country a profitable method of employing any new capital" - whence arises a competition between different capitals, and a lowering of profits, which must diminish the price which can be paid for the use of capital, or in other words the rate of interest.

In agriculture "Nature labours along with man," and not only the capital of the farmer is reproduced with his profits, but also the rent of the landlord.

Almost total losses are frequently experienced, but the profits of a favourable year are so great that losses seldom deter ranchers from trying again.

In 1674 Mason offered to surrender his rights to the Crown in return for one-third of the customs, rents, fines, and other profits derived therefrom, but although the offer was at first favourably considered it was finally declined.

During the 17th century gold-washing was carried on by English miners in the Motagua valley, and is said to have yielded rich profits; hence the name of "Gold Coast" was not infrequently given to the Atlantic littoral near the mouth of the Motagua.

It was the profits of this neutral trade, notwithstanding the losses to which it was exposed by the high-handed measures of the British and the French governments, that caused these insults to be more or less patiently endured by the trading interests.

To what the remaining difference was due it is difficult to say with certitude; there are some who argue that the tendency of prices to fall is inherent, and that the constant whittling away of intermediaries' profits is sufficient explanation, while bi-metallists have maintained that the phenomenon is clearly to be traced to the action of the German government in demonetizing silver in 1872.

His professional income amounted to £400 a year, equal to £4000 in present money, and, " considering the relative profits of the law and the value of money, probably indicated as high a station as £ io,000 at the present day " (Campbell).

A good home trade connexion is considered an extremely valuable asset, and as the trade is highly differentiated the profits are usually good.

The profits of manufacturers, merchants and shopkeepers are commonly very much less on the lower classes of cotton goods than on the higher ones.

In the matter of profits, however, there is a good deal of irregularity.

It is possible that this resemblance is mimetic in the Batesian sense of the word, and that the Poecilogale, if inoffensive, profits by its likeness to the highly offensive and warningly coloured Ictonyx.

The next account of the town is in Bishop Hatfield's Survey (c. 1380), which states that "Ingelram Gentill and his partners hold the borough of Derlyngton with the profits of the mills and dye houses and other profits pertaining to the borough rendering yearly four score and thirteen pounds and six shillings."

The profits on publications were to be divided between Paolo Manuzio and the Apostolic camera.

The profits were therefore very small.

It took the place of the Prussian Bank in 1876, and is under the superintendence and management of the empire, which shares in the profits.

Of the net profits, a dividend of 31/2% is first payable to the shareholders, 20% of the remainder is transferred to the reserve until this has reached a total of 3,000,000, and of the remainder again a quarter is apportioned to the shareholders and three-quarters falls to the imperial exchequer.

If the net profits do not reach 31/2%, the balance must be made good from the reserve.

The government as restored by Andrea Doria, with certain modifications tending to impart to it a more conservative character, remained unchanged until the outbreak of the French Revolution and the creation of the Ligurian republic. During this long period of nearly three centuries, in which the most dramatic incident is the conspiracy of Fieschi, the Genoese found no small compensation for their lost traffic in the East in the vast profits which they made as the bankers of the Spanish crown and outfitters of the Spanish armies and fleets both in the old world and the new, and Genoa, more fortunate than many of the other cities of Italy, was comparatively immune from foreign domination.

The state, under certain conditions, takes a portion of the clear profits of the bank.

Similarly the sole title to minerals (subject to the share of profits assigned to the Niger Company by the deed of transfer) was vested in the government, and the terms upon which licences to prospect or mine could be acquired, together with full regulations regarding mining, were enacted by law.

Yet Duncan Forbes of Culloden, president of the Court of Session, after the outbreak of the war with Spain, reported amazing scarcity of money in the country, and strenuously advised legislative checks on the taste for tea, which naturally diminished the profits of the excise on more generous beverages.

During the American civil war the planters of Ecuador entered largely into the production of cotton, which at that time yielded large profits, but the industry has declined to very insignificant proportions since then because of inability to compete with the lower cost of production in the United States.

In December 1406 he left the Canaries, entrusting their government to his nephew Maciot de Bethencourt, and reserving for himself a share in any profits obtained, and the royal title.

It is an expensive crop, requiring much attention, and not yielding a return within the year; but the profits are proportionately large.

The crop was a record one, but the demand far exceeded the supply, the cultivators reaped profits of eight millions more than the previous year, and 2000 new looms were set up in Calcutta.

The total length of line is about 69,000 m., and the net profits of the service approximately pay for new new expenditure on capital account.

His plan was to keep every inmate of every cell under constant close observation, and all were to be reformed by solitude and seclusion while constantly employed in remunerative labour, in the profits of which they were to share.

The earnest desire of most prison administration is to develop industrial training and trade profits side by side with mildness of treatment.

The Territory increased in population and more rapidly in wealth, owing chiefly to the large profits in cattle raising, though this prosperity suffered a check during the severe winter of 1886-1887, when nearly three-fourths of the range cattle died of exposure.

The ownership of property being largely in the hands of absentee landlords, the peasantry have little interest in the land, the profits from which go to enrich other provinces.

The taxation on flocks and herds exists either as a supplementary method of land taxation, or as a contribution of a certain sum per animal, and the tax on shopkeepers, artisans and trades sometimes takes the form of a poll-tax, sometimes that of an impost on the profits of the trades.

A new assessment of the maliat, based upon the present value of the produce of lands and actual profits of artisans and tradesmen, has frequently been spoken of, and government, aided by a strong minister of the interior and an able minister of finance, ought to have no difficulty in raising the maliat to its proper level and the total revenues of the country to about two millions sterling.

After confining its operations for some years to ordinary pawnbroking, without profits, it obtained the aid of the Russian State Bank, acquired large premises in Teheran, made advances to the Persian government (since 1898), and in January 1900 and March 1902 financed the loans of 2,400,000 and 1,000,000 to Persia.

In his words it was intended "to insure a more natural union between intellectual and manual labour than now exists; to combine the thinker and the worker, as far as possible, in the same individual; to guarantee the highest mental freedom by providing all with labour adapted to their tastes and talents, and securing to them the fruits of their industry; to do away with the necessity of menial services by opening the benefits of education and the profits of labour to all; and thus to prepare a society of liberal, intelligent and cultivated persons whose relations with each other would permit a more simple and wholesome life than can be led amidst the pressure of our competitive institutions."

Vast profits were derived from the import trade in the innumerable products of the tropics, of which Portugal was the sole purveyor in Europe.

Although few large salaries were paid, the perquisites attached to official positions were enormous; at the beginning of the 17th century, for example, the captain of Malacca received not quite boo yearly as his pay, but his annual profits from other sources were estimated at 20,000.

On the 1st of December the king, "for a large sum of money paid down," gave Wykeham, not only the custody of the temporalities of the see, but all the profits from the day of Edingdon's death.

The revenues are derived principally from duties and fees on imports, excise taxes on spirits, wines, tobacco and sugar, general, mining taxes and export duties on minerals (except silver), export duties on rubber and coca, taxes on the profits of stock companies, fees for licences and patents, stamp taxes, and postal and telegraph revenues.

After a time, however, the colonists, attributing the shortage of slaves and the consequent diminution in their profits to the Jesuits, began actively to oppose Vieira, and they were joined by members of the secular clergy and the other Orders who were jealous of the monopoly enjoyed by the Company in the government of the Indians.

Moreover, the English policy, which first of all was concerned with the profits of trade and manufacture, gave little more encouragement to the settlement of this section of the country than did the French.

Up to this time the Territory had still remained for the most part a wilderness in which the fur trade reaped the largest profits, its few small settlements being confined to the borders; and the inaccurate reports of the surveyors sent out by the national government described the interior as a vast swamp with only here and there a little land fit for cultivation.

In December 1406 he left the islands to the government of his nephew, Maciot de Bethencourt, reserving for himself the royal title and a share in any profits obtained.

Mesne profits are profits derived from land whilst in wrongful possession, and may be claimed in damages for trespass either in a separate action or joined with an action for the recovery of the land.

The plaintiff must prove that he has re-entered into possession, his title during the period for which he claims, the fact that the defendant has been in possession during that period, and the amount of the mesne profits.

The amount recovered as mesne profits need not be limited to the rental value of the land, but may include a sum to cover such items as deterioration or reasonable costs of getting possession, &c.

At that date the annual yield is said not to have exceeded 2600 cases; but, the profits on opium having about that time attracted attention, all available ground was utilized for this to the exclusion of cereals, cotton and other produce.

The Delaware & Raritan Canal Company and the Camden & Amboy Railroad Company, both chartered in 1830 and both monopolies,' had been practically consolidated in 1831; in 1836 these joint companies gained control of the Philadelphia & Trenton railway; in 1867 these " United New Jersey Railroad & Canal Companies " consolidated with the New Jersey Railroad & Transportation Company (which was opened in 1836 and controlled the important railway link between New Brunswick and Jersey City), and profits were to be divided equally between the four companies; and in 1871 these entire properties were leased for 999 years to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

It is a municipal enterprise and the profits belong to the city.

Where the order is obtained by a person or body other than the district council, the council may purchase the undertaking at the end of twenty-one years after the tramways have been constructed or at the expiration of every subsequent period of seven years, and the terms of purchase are that the person or company must sell the undertaking upon payment of the then value, exclusive of any allowance for past or future profits of the undertaking, or any compensation for compulsory sale or other consideration whatsoever of the tramway, and all lands, buildings, works, materials and plant suitable to and used for the purposes of the undertaking.

As a politician he excited bitter opposition, and was charged, apparently with justice, with corruption and venality in conniving at and sharing the profits of illicit trade with the Confederates carried on by his brother at New Orleans and by his brother-in-law in the department of Virginia and North Carolina, while General Butler was in command.

And as on the river itself, so there shall be collected on these roads, railways, and canals only tolls calculated on the cost of construction, maintenance, and management, and on the profits due to the promoters"; while as regards the tariff of these tolls, strangers and natives of the respective territories were to be treated "on a footing of perfect equality."

This" government within a government "was secured in all its privileges, its profits as heretofore being appropriated to allowances to members of the royal family and the maintenance and development of" works of public utility "in Belgium and the Congo, those works including schemes for the embellishment of the royal palaces and estates in Belgium and others for making Ostend" a bathing city unique in the world."The state was to have the right of redemption on terms which, had the rubber and ivory produce alone been redeemed, would have cost Belgium about £8,50o,000.

These figures do not, however, disclose the total profits which accrued to the Free State from its trading operations in the Congo.

The magnificent revenues derived from the profits of this manufacture were devoted by the monks to various purposes of benevolence, especially in the neighbouring villages, which owe to this source their churches, schools, hospitals, &c., &c., built and maintained at the expense of the monks.

None could be procured; the public passion swept everything before it; the patent was cancelled; Wood was compensated by a pension; Swift was raised to a height of popularity which he retained for the rest of his life; and the only real sufferers were the Irish people, who lost a convenience so badly needed that they might well have afforded to connive at Wood's illicit profits.

The trade fell into the hands of the millers on a large scale, who paid the tax out of their increased profits from larger business, while the smaller millers were crushed out; so that this was manifestly the case of a tax, so called indirect, where the whole burden really fell on those who paid the charge in the first instance, and who in theory were supposed to pass it on to others.

Its technical name is the property and income tax, but it is essentially a charge upon all incomes or profits, whether arising from property, or from the remuneration of personal services, or from annuities, income being applied with the widest possible meaning.

The varieties of income charged being very great, and special claims for consideration having been set up at different times, the result has been the formation of an income tax code, defining the methods and rules for assessing the different classes of profits and income, and prescribing the way in which abatements and exemptions are to be obtained.

Although it is called a direct tax, the method of levy, as far as property is concerned, is upon the profits at their source, and not as they are distributed among the receivers.

Export duties, it may be observed, are not important in systems of taxation generally, as there are few articles where the charge will not really fall on the wages of labour and profits of capital within the country imposing them; but opium grown in India is a well-known exception, and in the West Indies export duties on principal articles of production, in spite of their incidence, have been found a convenient source of revenue.

Many of the licences are those of brewers, distillers and publicans, and others in trade, and are paid out of the general profits of the business, so that they can hardly be passed on to the consumers, while other licences are for shooting, for employing carriages and men-servants, and for similar objects, where the charge on the payer is direct.

It was not till the middle of the century that the custom of allowing the author two shares in the profits during the first run of the piece was observed, and even then revivals profited him nothing.

In 1889 the Free State entered into an arrangement with the Cape Colony whereby the main trunk railway was extended to Bloemfontein, the Free State receiving half the profits.

Mr. Law's first budget, that of 1917, coming as it did after the great increases which Mr. McKenna had made in taxation, only raised the excess profits tax from 60 to 80%, and increased the taxes on entertainments, tobacco and dogs.

If the resolution be not genuine, the bodily washing, he says, profits nothing.

It was hardly to be wondered at, therefore, if Henrys allies regularly endeavoured to cheat him out of his share of their joint profits.

But abuses of every kind had clustered round them, and in many cases the profits had gone into the pockets of hangers-on of the court, whilst officials had given their assistance to the grantors even beyond their legal powers.

When this is deducted from the gross profits of $5.60 prices found above, We have a net profit of $3.32 an acre, not an exorbitant one by any means.

A few monks were granted pensions, and the abbot was endowed with the profits of the rectory of Dalton, valued at £33, 6s.

The great families put their members into orders, and so continued to enjoy the profits of the land which they had given to the church; the priests married and otherwise behaved like the franklins around them in everyday matters, farming, trading, going to law like laymen.

This is exclusive of banks, shipping and insurance companies, and other institutions which draw profits from other places besides Shanghai.

The tremendous uproar raised by Swift about Wood's halfpence was heightened by the fact that Wood shared his profits with the duchess of Kendal, the mistress of George I.

The enormous profits of the contraband trade with France enabled Ireland to purchase English goods to an extent greater than her whole lawful traffic. The moral effect was disastrous.

Under it the state bought liquors, graded them in accordance with a chemical analysis, and sold them to consumers in packages of not less than one half-pint; the dispensaries were open from sunrise to sunset, no sales were made to minors or drunkards, and no liquor was drunk on the premises; there was a state dispensary commissioner and a state board of control; and the profits were divided between the state, the counties and the municipalities, the share of the state being devoted to educational purposes.

The schools are supported by taxation; they formerly received the profits from the dispensary.

The revenues of the state are derived mainly from the general property tax, fees, licences, dispensary profits and phosphate royalties.

A few half-hearted campaigns against recalcitrant vassals and a long and obstinate quarrel with the papacy over his adulterous union with Bertrade de Montfort, countess of Anjou, represented the total activity of Philips reign; he was greedy and venal, by no means disdaining the petty profits of brigandage, and he never left his own domains.

The land-tax was doubled and trebled by war, by the pensions of the nobles, by an extortion the profits of which Richelieu disdained neither for himself nor for his family; and just when the richer and more powerful classes had been freed from taxes, causing the wholesale oppression of the poorer, these few remaining were jointly and severally answerable.

Authorized after many difficulties to organize a private bank of deposit and account, which being well conceived prospered and revived commerce, Law proposed to lighten the treasury by the profits accruing to a great maritime and colonial company.

Moreover, their views are confirmed by the constant references to bees and the profits obtainable from bee-keeping in the leading papers on all sides.

It had a monopoly of the Yucatan trade and enjoyed large profits from its logwood exports, both of which have been largely lost.

The sawbwa now works as contractor for government, which takes one-third of the net profits.

It profits not to apply such categories to the soul, for no intuition corresponding to them is or can be given.

The area of gender studies clearly profits from independent development, but it is also necessary to integrate the gender perspective in existing disciplines.

They are taking huge amounts of our money in profits year on year on year.

One way of having a higher income is to initially select a With profits annuity.

Although sports arbitrage can be profitable, it takes capital, time, organization and energy to make consistent profits.

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The Cathedral City Family Favorites recipe booklet is on sale for £ 2.99 with all profits from booklet sales going to Leukemia Research.

Most houses were built by speculative builders, who funded each project from the profits from the previous buildings.

Of course, nonprofit bylaws do not contain provisions relating payouts of profits (payment of dividends ).

These interests are a source of profits for the international finance capitalists.

The registered charity receives all profits from the limited company.

Last week iSoft's Chief Executive quit after the firm had to restate revenues for the past three years - wiping out its profits.

For 3, this means making sure it generates profits from all its channels, including Superdrug concessions.

To qualify for the tax concession the profits obtained from holding the event must be applied for charitable purposes.

It is the huge media conglomerates that are able to continually produce such media in return for extreme profits.

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Profits of the market were recorded on 30 Dec 1352, held by John, earl of Kent, lately deceased.

Supermarket profits by far exceed the incomes of all the farmers in the UK.

We would not expropriate profits that NIE had legitimately earned in the past.

To produce the profits potential investors are being promised the AGR reactors are being run flat-out to increase electricity production and income.

Back then the overnight parcel delivery company - with its £ 40m sales and £ 5m profits - had been mere flotation fodder.

The cost per hectare of profits forgone agreements is £ 75, for positive agreements £ 25.

The super-exploitation of the munitions workers to feed the insatiable greed for profits of the war mongering factory owners.

As corporate profits come under increasing pressure from the developing crisis, US capitalists are likely to hit back hard.

Where care homes are answer need quality care in public sector (not for profits ).

Ian t idea to dramatically increase all our profits.

The profits to be made encourage not only illicit plundering of ancient sites but skillful forgeries.

The workers were promised an eight hour day while an inquiry into the profits made by the industrialists during World War One was dropped.

Quite rightly, those firms who successfully innovate will be rewarded for the risks they carry by higher profits.

To add insult to injury, the scheme is proving a recipe for windfall profits.

Surely the new standards won't matter a jot for cash flows, only profits.

The School will not be liable for any loss suffered by you which is indirect, special or consequential or comprises loss of profits.

Lucky lotto winners notched up anything from a few hundred thousand pounds All Rangers lotto winners notched up anything from a few hundred thousand pounds All Rangers Lotto profits fund our youth teams.

Read more... Self Leisure is the UK's leading bulk vending operator providing high profits and earnings for franchisees.

Trading outlook The Board is particularly pleased with the performance of its gaming portal business, which is delivering rapid organic growth and profits.

Control of production is intended to avoid an oversupply in the world market, resulting in price wars and reduced profits.

The most well-known ' free to advertize ' Internet property portal, relied for its profits upon selling its customer mailing list.

Ellis & Everard announced pre-tax profits of 32 million pounds for the year ending April 1999.

Last year, its 70,000 employees helped generate pre-tax profits of £ 350m.

Operating profits increased by 17% to £ 47 million.

I just hope the adverse publicity hits their profits.

The sudden rush into the market is being fuelled by the potential for big profits.

Supermarkets corral Brazilian beef to lead stampede for bigger profits.

Charles Schwab, America's biggest online stockbroker, said that profits had fallen by 26% in the same period.

In return, tho, the government effectively subsidized this demand by inflating domestic profits through trade barriers on imports " .

When they can remove the sulfur more easily, refiners can make higher profits.

The British taxpayer paid up the arms industry reaped its profits.

In a thousand industries the profits of to-day are wrung from the wastes or unconsidered trifles of yesterday.

It had been a very good war for Big Oil, with tripled oil prices meaning tripled oil prices meaning tripled profits.

Hence the bookies are able to generate sizeable year on year profits without too much trouble.

Oil giant BP has recently unveiled record first-half profits at the same time.

Under oil windfall profits, Russia's GDP should have grown by 15% to 16% in 2005.

Chicheley, by appointing a jubilee to be held at Canterbury in 1420, " of ter the manner of the Jubilee ordained by the Popes," threatened to divert the profits from pilgrims from Rome to Canterbury.

He visited London and Paris in 1771, selling lovephiltres, elixirs of youth, mixtures for making ugly women beautiful, alchemistic powders, &c., and deriving large profits from his trade.

The trade-licence tax (impt des patentes) is imposed on every person carrying on any business whatever; it affects professional men, bankers and manufacturers, as well as wholesale and retail traders, and consists of (I) a fixed duty levied not on actual profits but with reference to the extent of a business or calling as indicated by number of employbs, population of the locality and other considerations.

Even Albrecht was shamed by Luther's attack, but he could not afford to relinquish his profits already pledged for the repayment of his debts; and Tetzel was encouraged to defend himself and indulgences.

The remainder was met by the profits upon performances of the tetralogy at Munich.

All his work received very small remuneration; the family was maintained by the profits of a business managed by Mrs Charles - a keen, active and good woman.

The brief Act of Supremacy confirmed the king's claim to be reputed the " only supreme head in earth of the Church of England "; he was to enjoy all the honours, dignities, jurisdictions and profits thereunto appertaining, and to have full power and authority to reform and amend all such errors, heresies and abuses, as by any manner of spiritual authority might lawfully be reformed, or amended, most to the pleasure of Almighty God, and the increase of virtue in Christ's religion, " foreign authority, prescription, or any other thing or things to the contrary hereof, notwithstanding."

Profits are paid over to an assurance fund.

Large commercial interests were in fact involved in the forward policy, " the period of heavy capital expenditure was over, that of profits about to commence," and the power and intentions of Japan were ignored or misunderstood.

Its Connexional Book Room, opened in 1891, yields an annual profit of from £1600 to £ 2000, the profits being devoted to help the colleges and to establish Sunday school libraries, etc. Its chapels in 1907 numbered 1641 (with accommodation for 488,080), manses 229; its churches numbered 1428, ministers 921, unordained preachers 318, deacons 6179; its Sunday Schools 1731, teachers 27,895, scholars 193,460, communicants 189,164, total collections for religious purposes £300,912.

Here follows Smith's admirable exposition of the causes which produce the inequalities in wages and profits just referred to, a passage affording ample evidence of his habits of nice observation of the less obvious traits in human nature, and also of the operation both of these and of social institutions on economic facts.

As regards indirect taxes, again, there appear to be some cases at least where it is by rio means certain that the charge is passed on; stamp duties, for instance, especially where moderate in amount, may have the effect of diminishing pro Canto the profits in business of the person paying them, or the income which he enjoys.

Voltaire, who was prompted by his natural benevolence to comment on the latter (the profits went to a relation of the poet), was not altogether fitted by nature to appreciate Corneille, and moreover, as has been ingeniously pointed out, was not a little wearied by the length of his task.

However, Scottish banks continue to rake in the profits from PFI.

Obviously major expansion is going to hit profits, but I reckon when they do hit profit, it will be substantial.

Suggestions on the form of grants to be issued by the King, of the profits of recusants ' lands.

Financial Performance Profits from investment activity Our main activity is to acquire properties at a substantial discount in return for granting life-long rent-free leases.

Advance Tax on Dividends Cambodia 's Law on Investment contains a general guarantee against the taxation of repatriated profits.

Profits are expected to romp ahead from last year 's £ 177,000.

Fire teams are best equipped with self-loading weapons, but I do not think that an individual rifleman profits much thereby.

The workers want higher salaries, paid holidays and a share of the profits.

Achieved profits shareholders ' funds are around £ 290 million lower than they would have been under the 2001 assumptions.

This leads to price-fixing, with politicians siphoning off profits and leaving farmers and miners all the poorer.

Green cosmetics retailer Body Shop yesterday made public the mistakes which left the company with a huge slump in profits.

Charles Schwab, America 's biggest online stockbroker, said that profits had fallen by 26% in the same period.

In return, tho, the government effectively subsidized this demand by inflating domestic profits through trade barriers on imports .

The extent of these supernormal profits depends largely on the height of the barriers.

Also the t-shirt below is available at a cost of £ 6, with all profits going to the Swansea City Supporters trust.

Only those business activities, which directly produce the gross profits, are taken into consideration in determining the source of profits.

Many Nevada corporations are subject to taxes on profits and additional taxes on dividends.

In the United States trillions of dollars have to be put back into pension funds, which means profits are effectively negative.

It had been a very good war for Big Oil, with tripled oil prices meaning tripled profits.

The group, whose shares have underperformed badly, also issued a profits warning.

Gives you an unfair advantage that will show in the profits you make.

Losses Trading losses of the company may not be carried forward to be offset against future profits of the unincorporated business.

At the heart of the budget will be a windfall tax on the excess profits of the privatized utilities.

Victims of Vivisection In order to further increase profits, the racing industry funds research into welfare problems created by racing.

We are pressing for a windfall tax on their profits.

Under oil windfall profits, Russia 's GDP should have grown by 15% to 16% in 2005.

It encourages service improvements, return custom, positive word-of-mouth and driving up profits.

Profits in the at some points of zucchini blossoms google gulp the.

In April and May, the profits grew 18% and 29%, respectively.

When the phone company increased their marketing strategies, a bulge in the profits was noticed.

You don't need a model that produces profits immediately, but one that does so ultimately.

The loss of paper profits can create morale problems and headhunters can start poaching your people.

If you already have self-storage facilities and require more room for tenants or for your business's own stock, this would be a perfect reason to expand your company's reach and profits.

As with any type of investment, there are risks and there is no guarantee that you will see profits instead of losses.

For instance, if you are going to buy a $1,000 bond and you have the choice between paying $600 and $700 for it, you want to choose the $600 because this will yield you $400 in profits when the bond matures.

This allows you to buy stock directly from Walgreens without the need for a broker, which sometimes takes high commissions from the profits of any sales.

Of course, this presupposes that you already have enough knowledge and experience about how the stock market works and the patience and diligence required to arrive at sound, logical decisions to make great profits.

Over time, when retailers realized they gain back a lot of the revenue and profits lost throughout the year, they term changed meaning to something financial.

However, stores that sell high-margin merchandise like clothes can offer deep discounts that could increase revenue and profits.

There is usually very little actual fish or other seafood included in the recipe because that would boost the production costs, something most pet food manufacturers avoid because it cuts into their profits.

In fact, many cat foods are formulated specifically to increase company profits, not necessarily to increase your cat's longevity.

While carrying some debt may be necessary to fund aspects of your business, carrying extensive amounts of it can eventually eat into your profits.

Being able to process their payments will help your business, not to mention your profits.

Many of these agencies are categorized as non-profit but have tricky loopholes that let them funnel huge profits back to a for-profit corporation or give themselves huge salaries and "expense accounts."

If you ignore the need to optimize cash flow, you'll fall prey to the vicious cycle of chasing money and turning the profits from your last case into case expenses for your current case.

These laws have led many lenders to charging higher interest rates from the start, as a way to avoid losing profits.

Greater Profits for Farmers - When biofuels are made from crops, the farmers who grow these foods benefit as the prices of their crops increase to keep up with demand.

The profits help keep certain games free.

You can sell it on your website, but generally only as an affiliate; the publisher will always take a piece of the profits.

Over time, the usually small daily profits combine and can add up to quite a bit of money.

These occurrences can affect profits and/or losses all over the world at any given time.

The people had no choice, and the money changers split their profits with the priests.

Companies may need to downsize to protect their profits, and changing job duties may endanger some employees who aren't trained in new techniques.

Many of the sites donate a portion of their profits to charities, in addition to being eco-friendly and offering great deals.

Since the consignment shop has to split the profits with the original owner, you won't be able to haggle and have to pay the price as marked.

The consignment shop will work with you to get a good price for the dress and split the profits - usually 50-50 or 60 - 40.

Others will expect you to donate the dress since profits are for charity.

Some registries work in conjunction with retailers to provide a portion of profits to the designated charities, allowing couples to register for a few items.

Then, in 2006, royalty payments from several of his singles were frozen as Blunt and an ex-producer squared off over the profits.

Luckett and Roberson began to push for replacing Mathew Knowles with outside management, claiming he favored his daughter and was keeping too large a share of the profits.

While she tried to stop distribution, she later conceded and now receives profits from the video.

Eventually she decided to take on the role, as well as a pay cut, in return for a percentage of the profits.

I call the campaign "Primp Girl for a Cause", with each celebrity girl choosing her own preferred charity and we give half our profits to the chosen charity.

Cruise companies need to fill ships to capacity in order to maximize profits.

You can indulge in a little guilt-free shopping when you purchase Vera Bradley jewelry cases, knowing the company puts considerable effort and a portion of its profits into funding breast cancer research.

You may also be able to sell outgrown rings on Ebay and use the profits to purchase a larger size initial ring.

Usually, these shops will take a portion of the profits in exchange for marketing your pieces.

There are many companies that give you the freedom to sell jewelry from home and reap profits.

The company also gives 10 percent of its profits to Irasambi, a Brazilian group working to preserve the rainforest.

The company donates 2.5% of their net profits to the Children's Health Environmental Coalition.

We give back one percent of our profits to environmentally focused programs.

Although it is a bit costly, the profits go to a good cause of supporting Berber women and allowing them a means to make a decent living under good working conditions.

These companies may purchase carbon offsets to balance some of the energy they use in production, build and operate sustainable facilities, or donate a portion of their profits to environmental or humanitarian organizations.

Senior citizens put on all performances and profits from the performances go towards providing activities such as art classes to older adults.

In addition to producing and distributing products to help patients with apneas and hypoapneas, Resmed also invests six percent of their profits into continued research and development of new Resmed CPAP products and therapies.

This trust can lead to a stronger company with greater profits, as well as other marketing opportunities and partnerships.

Sell the eggs to purchase eggs of new creatures, fend off predators, and rake in all those profits so that you can move back into the royal palace at the top of the hill.

Profits quickly decreased for the console systems and this forced more of the dedicated system manufactures, RCA, and Fairchild to desert the market.

The profits came from selling PlayStation 3 games, where the margin could be much higher.

Konami of America closed their arcade division in 2003 due to low profits.

You build a theme park with a variety of rides and attractions, reaping in the profits from all your thrilled visitors.

In the end, Nintendo felt that Sony wanted too much--they asked for a 25% cut of the total profits--and dropped the deal.

In this way, you can net huge profits by finding the best prices on all the items, and there are many interesting goods to consider, such as timber and sugar.

The publisher often provides the money for the cost of developing the game and has a larger stake in the profits of the title.

You need to optimize your site for search engines, properly implement advertising to maximize profits, and market your site to grow your audience.

After that, the first quarter (January, February, and March) will commence and the video game industry will try to gain back any lost profits.

Nintendo was once the king of gaming; now they are the third in sales (though their profits are actually greater than those of Sony or Microsoft).

Since actual systems make minimal profits for retailers (less than 3%), they rely on game and accessory sales to help push profits of major systems.

This will help you to determine if it is cost effective to expend the time and money to try to increase your profits on the sale.

You do not take the entirety of the price, since Apple is hosting the program and running the e-commerce solution on your behalf, but you do get a reasonable portion of the profits.

As the company generates more profits, it will have more resources to invest in better wages for employees, improved benefits packages and pension plans.

Consumers who wanted to buy a home were paying top dollar for the privilege, but banks were not reaping the benefits in increased profits.

Lender Obligations - No lender wants to foreclose on a home, but financial institutions do have investors and stockholders who want to make profits.

Unpaid mortgages can decrease profits so lenders do have an obligation to their stockholders.

Together, the two papers shared profits through a unique joint operating agreement.

Having earned over 2.8 billion dollars in sales in 2003, the company has continued to grow in both size and loyal followers, and the Victoria's Secret swimwear division has played a prominent role in boosting the corporation's profits.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that an increasing number of candle makers are turning to Internet sales to help boost their profits.