A disadvantage of this format is that useful concepts such as the gross profit on sales are not readily apparent.

这种格式的不利之处是有些有用的概念如销售毛利不是一目了然。

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In 2005 profit before interest and tax was around EURO398m on sales of EURO2.4 billion, with a gross trading margin of more than 50%, about the highest in the business.

2005年未扣除利息和税负的利润大约是3.98亿欧元，销售额是24亿欧元。毛销售利润率超过50%，这大概是行业最高的。

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The computer has been programmed to calculate the gross profit margin on all sales.

计算机已编制了程序用以计算各项销售的毛利率。

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Bradley's group, Palm Solutions, accounts for most of Palm's revenue but manages only 29 cents in gross profit on the sales dollar. (The software group, PalmSource, gets 91 cents on the dollar.) PalmSource gleefully licenses its fabled operating system to the likes of Sony and Kyocera, which then use it as a blunt object to beat Bradley's hardware group into the ground.

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Intel, by contrast, wrings out just over 50 cents in gross profit on every buck in sales.

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Gross margin is a company's profit on sales before factoring in all costs, such as interest and taxes.

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