See Also: Operating in the red(money)
Operating in the red(finance)
Operating(money)
operating(dictionary)
Operating cycle(finance)
Operating costs(finance)
Operating assets(finance)
Non-operating asset(finance)
Net operating profit after tax(finance)
Net operating margin(finance)

operating (iou)



operating verbal noun. M17.
[from OPERATE verb + -ING1.]
The action of OPERATE verb; an instance of this.
Comb.: operating profit Accountancy gross profit before deduction of expenses; operating room (chiefly N. Amer.) a room in a hospital where operations are performed, an operating theatre; operating system Computing a set of programs for organizing the resources and activities of a computer; operating-table: on which the patient is placed during an operation; operating theatre: see THEATRE noun 5b.