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2010.07.09 (Review of 2008.03.07 edition)

What better way to end this week's series than with these two workhorses of business English?

Today's Lesson
GROSS / NET   総計の、総収益をあげる/純益の、純益をあげる

Explanation

  • A gross (adjective) amount of money - for example, income or sales - is the total amount BEFORE taxes and expenses are taken away.

    To gross (verb) an amount of money is to earn that gross amount.

    A net (adjective) amount of money is the amount AFTER taxes and expenses are taken away.

    To net (verb) an amount of money is to earn that net amount.
  • gross (形容詞)とは、収入や売上げなどの、税金や経費を差し引く前の総額、つまり、総計の、という意味です。

    gross (動詞)は、総収益をあげる、という意味になります。

    net (形容詞)とは、税金や経費を差し引いた後の金額、つまり、純益の、という意味です。

    net (動詞)は、純益をあげる、という意味になります。

GROSS / NET

examples

  1. Gross sales topped $2,000,000 for the first time in the store's history.
  2. I gross just over $100,000 a year, but my net income after taxes is only around $65,000.
  3. Berlitz Aviation posted a net profit of $71 million for the first half of the year.
  4. We purchased the property for $800,000, then sold it two weeks later for just short of a million, netting nearly $200,000 in the deal.

英会話レッスンStay well, and we'll see you next week!