It means gross profit less Operating Expenses, excludes interest and dividends and extraordinary gains and losses that do not relate to the continuing operations.

是毛利润减去运营费用后的余额，不包括利息、股息和红利、特别收益及与企业持续经营无关的损失的金额。

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Lorillard said lower marketing costs were offset by continuing legal expenses.

罗瑞拉德表示，较低的营销成本将被继续的诉讼费用所抵消。

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Will there be a race to the top, continuing the trend of increasing expenses in an attempt to further differentiate oneself from the masses?

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One of the main reasons for this is that after paying the minimum required monthly amount I still have other expenses in the form of rent, a car payment, utilities, grocery, health expenses, and phone, not to mention gas expenses that are continuing to climb.

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The regulations go on to provide as examples of deductible employee expenses costs incurred for transportation, lodging, meals, continuing education, union dues, professional uniforms, and job hunting costs if not reimbursed by the employer.

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