going concern
noun
: a business that is making a profit
They had a difficult start, but they've turned the restaurant into a going concern.
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The company anticipates that its available cash resources will be sufficient to fund its operations through February 2025, raising substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern beyond that date.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2024
Movies are a one-off, but TV is a going concern, and there is so much of it.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
The company acknowledges substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
Management has expressed substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern due to its liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation timeline.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
Who is Megyn Kelly? To be clear, Kelly gave up journalism as a going concern a while ago.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
No going concern audit opinion surfaced despite plummeting revenues, cash burn and financial woes.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The truth is that retail grocers have some of the lowest profit margins of any going concern business—far less than 2%, going back decades.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
At the moment, a European NATO is not a going concern as a warfighting economy.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2024
Movies are a one-off, but TV is a going concern, and there is so much of it.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
The company acknowledges substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
Management has expressed substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern due to its liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation timeline.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
Who is Megyn Kelly? To be clear, Kelly gave up journalism as a going concern a while ago.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
No going concern audit opinion surfaced despite plummeting revenues, cash burn and financial woes.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The truth is that retail grocers have some of the lowest profit margins of any going concern business—far less than 2%, going back decades.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
At the moment, a European NATO is not a going concern as a warfighting economy.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Going concern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/going%20concern. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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