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Noun: profit and loss account
  1. An account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
    "The quarterly profit and loss account statement showed an increase in net income";
    - profit and loss

Derived forms: profit and loss accounts

Type of: account, account statement, accounting

Encyclopedia: Profit and loss account