bù lỗ

Thân thiện

Công ty dùng lợi nhuận từ mặt hàng A để bù lỗ cho mặt hàng B.

Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To compensate for losses; to cover a deficit: To use money or resources from one source to offset a financial loss incurred elsewhere. This often refers to a business or government using profits from one area to cover losses in another.

Usage

• This phrase is typically used in financial, business, and economic contexts.
• It describes an action taken to balance accounts or prevent a net loss.
• It can be used in both active and passive constructions.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Công ty dùng lợi nhuận từ mảng bán lẻ để bù lỗ cho mảng sản xuất. (The company uses profits from the retail sector to compensate for losses in the manufacturing sector.)
  • Khoản đầu tư đó đang bị bù lỗ từ các dự án khác. (That investment is having its losses covered by other projects.)
  • Chính sách này nhằm mục đích bù lỗ cho các doanh nghiệp nhà nước. (This policy aims to cover the deficits of state-owned enterprises.)

Advanced Usage

• "cơ chế bù lỗ chéo": cross-subsidization mechanism. A situation where profits from one product, service, or division are used to subsidize losses from another.
  • Cơ chế bù lỗ chéo trong ngành điện đang được xem xét lại. (The cross-subsidization mechanism in the electricity industry is under review.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bù đắp (verb): To compensate, to make up for (can be used more broadly for both financial and non-financial contexts).
  • bù đắp thiệt hại (to compensate for damages)
• Bão hòa vốn / Hòa vốn (verb phrase): To break even (to have revenues equal costs, resulting in no profit or loss).
  • Công ty dự kiến sẽ bão hòa vốn vào năm tới. (The company expects to break even next year.)
• Bù lỗ bù lãi (idiomatic phrase): To balance profits and losses; to have a mix of winning and losing ventures. This implies an overall equilibrium.
  • Kinh doanh kiểu này chỉ là bù lỗ bù lãi. (Doing business like this is just about balancing profits and losses.)

Synonyms

• Bồi thường thiệt hại (verb phrase): To compensate for damage/losses (often used in legal or insurance contexts).
• Bù vào chỗ lỗ (verb phrase): To cover the shortfall/deficit (a more colloquial expression).

Related Idioms

• "Lấy lãi bù lỗ" / "Lấy chỗ lãi bù chỗ lỗ": To use profits from one area to cover losses in another. This is a common expression directly explaining the action of .
  • Chiến lược của họ đơn giản là lấy lãi bù lỗ. (Their strategy is simply to use profits to cover losses.)

Học thuật

1. In compensation for losses