増益

• 読み: ぞうえき
• ローマ字: zōeki
• 漢字の分解: 増 (zō) — increase, grow; 益 (eki) — profit, gain, benefit
• 発音: /zoː.e.ki/

意味

Increased profits; profit growth. A rise in a company's earnings compared to a previous period.

A standard term in corporate earnings reports and financial journalism. Frequently paired with 増収 (increased revenue) to form 増収増益, which indicates both top-line and bottom-line growth — the ideal outcome. The opposite is 減益 (gen'eki, decreased profits). N1 learners encounter this in news articles about quarterly earnings and economic forecasts.

例文

1. 売上高の増加とコスト削減が奏功し、今期は三期連続の増益となった。
2. 増益にもかかわらず、株価は将来の成長見通しを懸念して下落した。
3. 営業利益の増益幅が市場予想を大幅に上回り、株価は急騰した。

使い方ガイド

場面: corporate reporting, finance, business news

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 増 (zo, increase) and 益 (eki, profit/benefit). A straightforward Sino-Japanese formation following the common pattern of prefixing 増 to financial metrics to indicate growth.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business