| proceeds | an income from a transaction |
| profit and loss account | the summary record of a company's sales revenues and expenses over a period |
| profiteer | an individual who aims to make excessive profits disregarding others |
| profit motive | a desire of a business to make profit |
| pro forma invoice | an invoice sent to the purchaser in advance of goods |
| projection | an expected future trend |
| Protectionism | a government economic policy of restricting the level of imports |
| protective tariffs | a tariff imposed to restrict imports |
| public debt | the money that the government owes |
| public limited companies | quoted companies with shares listed on the stock exchange |
| pump-priming | the injection of further investment in order to revitalise a company in stagnation |
| quoted companies | companies listed on a stock exchange |