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Madhulk Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

The first of the year...

I've decided to close the lowest-producing malls

after the first of the year. January?

And as of right now, yours is, well, in the line of fire. And as of right now, yours is,
well, in the line of fire. Even if you're up 20%, you're still way behind the
rest in terms of gross profit. This little promotion of yours
is giving it a nice bump, (improvement?) but it's just a bump.
  

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The 'first of the year' usually means the first day of January. Depending on context it may mean other things. If the person had been talking about quarters (in business terms, a financial year is divided into three month segments) the first may refer to the first quarter of the financial year.

— JoshStafford

  • The 'first of the year' usually means the first day of January.
  • Depending on context it may mean other things.
  • If the person had been talking about quarters (in business terms, a financial year is divided into three month segments) the first may refer to the first quarter of the financial year.
  • A bump, in the context shown, is improvement, but it seems a temporary one, at least from the big guy's point of view.
  • Imagine a graph showing sales where sales rise around Christmas and then a lull after that.
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The 'first of the year' usually means the first day of January. Depending on context it may mean other things. If the person had been talking about quarters (in business terms, a financial year is divided into three month segments) the first may refer to the first quarter of the financial year.

A bump, in the context shown, is improvement, but it seems a temporary one, at least from the b
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Thanks, JoshStafford!
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