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Profit maximisation — AQA GCSE Business Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Business · key term

Profit maximisation

Definition

Making the greatest possible difference between sales revenue and total costs.

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AQA GCSE Business · 8132

Paper 1, Paper 2

Profit maximisation means seeking the greatest possible difference between revenue and total costs.
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