利润空间

lì rùn kōng jiān

Profit margin; the range or amount of potential profit available to a business or seller after covering costs

原材料降价后，这款产品的利润空间变大了。

After raw material prices fell, the profit margin of this product increased.

Etymology

This is a modern compound term in Chinese, combining 利润 (profit, originating from early 20th century economic terminology borrowing) and 空间 (space/room), first widely used in business contexts from the 1980s as China developed market economy.

Memory Aid

Break the word into two parts: 利润 means "profit", 空间 means "room/space", so together it means "the space available for profit".

Collocations

压缩利润空间扩大利润空间丰厚利润空间有限利润空间

Synonyms

盈利空间利润额度

Antonyms

亏损空间成本倒挂

Related Words

毛利率净利润定价成本