One difference you will often see is the cost of revenues applied directly against the revenues and a calculation of a net amount of revenues minus cost of revenues, which is called gross margin.

你通常会看到不同列报方式的一个区别在于收入对应的成本直接从收入中扣减并得出收入减成本的余额——毛利润。

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Gross Profit: the difference between the product unit price and unit cost.

Gross Profit：产品单位价格和单位成本之间的差额。

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On the other hand, gross domestic investment is 16%-17% of GDP. The difference between the two comprises the U.S. current account deficit.

而国内投资总额则相当于GDP的16%至17%，两者之差便是美国的经常项目赤字。

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But the difference between gross ticket sales, gross earnings and net earnings is ignored.

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Often, the difference between gross income and adjusted gross income comes to little more than a rounding error.

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The FSA was using the 1% threshold "as a pragmatic level to determine the difference between gross and trace contamination", she said.

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