Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

profit warning

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: prof-it warn-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An announcement by a company to its shareholders and other investors that its profits are likely to be less than expected.

Inflected Forms

profit warnings (plural) profits warning (alternative)

Questions

What does profit warning mean?: An announcement by a company to its shareholders and other investors that its profits are likely to be less than expected.

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