Business GCSE
Total profit
What Total profit means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Total profit
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Reference: AQA
Obtained by subtracting the initial investment from total net cash flow.
Total returns over the project's life minus the initial investment.
Topics that use Total profit
- Financial terms and calculations (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average annual profit
- Average rate of return
- Average Rate of Return (ARR)
- Break-even
- Break-even chart
- Break-even level of output
- Break-even output
- Break-Even Point
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