Definition of
exceptional items
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1.
ordinary business costs of unusual size or nature costs that arise from normal business dealings, but that must be recorded because of their unusual size or nature
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2.
unusual items included in pre-tax balance sheet items in a balance sheet that do not appear there each year and that are included in the accounts before the pre-tax profit is calculated, as opposed to extraordinary items that are calculated after the pre-tax profit
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