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31Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth —   Author(s) …
32operating agreement — An agreement signed by the members (owners) of a limited liability company that structures the members financial rights and responsibilities, each member s percentage of ownership in the LLC and share of profits (or losses), the LLC s procedures… …
33operating margin — ➔ margin * * * The ratio of operating profit to turnover over a given period, expressed as a percentage and used to indicate a company s ability to control its variable costs. * * * operating margin UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING ► NET MARGIN(Cf.… …
34operating strategy — ➔ strategy * * * operating strategy UK US noun [C] ► WORKPLACE, MANAGEMENT the way in which a company organizes its production and selling of goods or services: »The company is in the middle of changing its operating strategy, including efforts… …
35operating capital — ➔ capital * * * operating capital UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING ► WORKING CAPITAL(Cf. ↑working capital) …
36operating expenditure — UK US noun [U] (also operating expense) ACCOUNTING ► all the costs relating to producing a company s goods and services: »The company is aiming for savings of 10% on operating expenditure …
37operating room — operating rooms N COUNT An operating room is the same as an operating theatre. [AM] …
38operating theatre — operating theatres N COUNT An operating theatre is a special room in a hospital where surgeons carry out medical operations. [BRIT] Syn: theatre (in AM, use operating room) …
39operating against the enemy — Operating in the field of hostilities, in the area where the enemy is to be found. Troops in instruction camps across the ocean from the field of war are not operating against the enemy within the meaning of a statute giving officers serving with …
40operating profit — UK US noun [countable] [singular operating profit plural operating profits] business the profit that a company makes from its normal activities of selling goods or services Thesaurus …
