lời lỗ
Definition
- Noun:
- Profit and loss: The combined financial outcome of a business venture or transaction, encompassing both gains (profit) and losses.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Công ty phải tính toán lời lỗ hàng tháng. (The company must calculate profit and loss every month.)
- Việc kinh doanh này lời lỗ thế nào? (What is the profit and loss situation of this business?)
- Anh ấy chỉ quan tâm đến lời lỗ cuối cùng. (He is only concerned with the final profit and loss.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "lời lỗ" is often used in accounting, business, and informal evaluations to describe the net financial result. It inherently implies a balance or calculation between two opposing outcomes.
Variants and Related Words
Lãi lỗ (n): A common variant with identical meaning (profit and loss).
- Báo cáo lãi lỗ (profit and loss statement).
Lời (n): Profit, gain.
- Bán hàng có lời. (Selling goods at a profit.)
Lỗ (n): Loss, deficit.
- Công ty bị lỗ nặng. (The company incurred a heavy loss.)
Synonyms
- Financial result: The outcome in monetary terms.
- Gain and loss: Profit and deficit.
Related Idioms
- Được ăn cả, ngã về không: This idiom, meaning "win all or lose all," relates to high-risk situations where the outcome is either total profit or total loss, a more extreme version of the "lời lỗ" calculation.
- Vụ đầu tư này được ăn cả, ngã về không, chứ không đơn giản là lời lỗ ít. (This investment is all or nothing, not simply a small matter of profit and loss.)