gross margin
nounUK /ɡrəʊs ˈmɑːdʒɪn/
US /ɡroʊs ˈmɑːrdʒɪn/
The money a shop keeps after paying for the things it sells.
The bakery's gross margin went up after it found a cheaper flour supplier.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A company's sales minus the direct cost of making what it sold, shown as a percentage.
Analysts praised the retailer for lifting its gross margin to 42 percent.
3. The difference between what something costs to make and what it sells for, before other expenses.
The startup's gross margin is thin because shipping eats into every sale.
4. A measure of how efficiently a business turns sales into profit on its products.
Investors compared the two firms' gross margins before choosing where to put their money.