U7 _ BC

We can easily predict the amount of money coming into the company from the sales of our products.

We can easily [...]·

• fixed costs​

• forecast sales revenues

• an increase in revenue

• ​a fall in sales

Last quarter, the number of products we sold went down.

Last quarter, there was [...].

• fixed costs​

• forecast sales revenues

• an increase in revenue

• ​a fall in sales

In the first quarter, the money we got from sales went up.

In the first quarter, there was [...].

• fixed costs​

• forecast sales revenues

• an increase in revenue

• ​a fall in sales

We need to analyse the part of our spending which doesn't change much from month to month.

We need to analyse our [...].

• fixed costs​

• forecast sales revenues

• an increase in revenue

• ​a fall in sales

We are only selling half the number of products that we did before.

Our [...].

• fixed costs​

• forecast sales revenues

• sales are down 50%

• ​a fall in sales

The money that comes into a business from the sale of its products is called 'revenues' or 'tu [...] er'.

In finance, the word 'net' means with things taken away. The word 'gr [...] ' means with nothing taken away.

To talk about profit as a percentage (%),you can use the word 'm [...] n '.

It's good to make a profit; it's bad to make a l [...].

The level of business activity at which a company is making neither a profit nor a loss is called the 'br [...] n p [...] t '.