Glossary

Pre-tax profit

Bu'aa gibira dura

What is left of income once every cost has been taken off, before tax is paid.

Galii irraa baasii hunda erga hir'ifamee, gibira osoo hin kaffalin waan hafe.

Awash Bank: 40.7 billion birr.

Awash biiliyoona 40.7.

In Ethiopia

Ethiopian banks usually lead their annual results with pre-tax profit, so it is the figure most often compared between them. Profit after tax is what is left for shareholders.

Baankonni Itoophiyaa bu'aa waggaa yeroo beeksisan yeroo baay'ee bu'aa gibira dura dursanii himu; kanaafuu baankota wal bira qabuuf lakkoofsi baay'ee fayyadu isa kana. Bu'aan gibira booda kan abbootii aksiyoonaatiif hafuudha.