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GM

English translation: gross margin

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English term or phrase:GM
Selected answer:gross margin
Entered by: sassa

10:27 Apr 11, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Acronyms
English term or phrase: GM
Hello, all!

I'm having trouble with these initials.

The exact phrase is :
"You will be selling at a comfortable GM, and gain market share."

Any ideas?

TIA :)
S.
sassa
gross margin
Explanation:
or gross mark-up

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-11 10:34:30 GMT)
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which means that you will be able to charge a pretty extra sum on whatever your sell, covering your expenses and earning a penny or two)))
Selected response from:

danya
Local time: 06:14
Grading comment
That's it! Thank you all! :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +6gross margin
danya
3 +2Gross Margin
Mikhail Kropotov


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gm
Gross Margin


Explanation:
Would be my first guess

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 05:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: And a good one, I feel sure!
1 min
  -> Thank you Dusty!
agree  danya: mine was firster)))
2 mins
  -> Mine was grosser :)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
gm
gross margin


Explanation:
or gross mark-up

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-11 10:34:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

which means that you will be able to charge a pretty extra sum on whatever your sell, covering your expenses and earning a penny or two)))

danya
Local time: 06:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
That's it! Thank you all! :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 min
  -> thank you
agree  Tony M
2 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
4 mins
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: sure it's not "general motors"? :))
13 mins
agree  Robert Donahue (X)
27 mins
agree  Ali Beikian
10 hrs
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