On top of that, despite issuing guidance last quarter that gross margin would be down for the quarter, it rose three percentage points year-over-year to 40.9 percent.

最重要的是，尽管曾经预计上一季度的毛利率将下降，而实际上升三个百分点，使得全年增长达到40.9%。

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Apple, whose iPhone sales account for nearly half the firm's total sales, reported a 40 percent gross margin, or the percentage of sales left after subtracting the cost of goods sold.

苹果公司，其iPhone销量几乎达到公司总销量的一半，报告显示他们也有40%总差额，即减去已售货物消耗后的销售剩余比例。

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Horizontal axis: Gross profit (GP) margin percentage.

水平轴：毛利润(GP)所占总利润的比例。

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In addition, gross margin percentage on home sales improved over year-earlier levels on the back of an increase in average sales prices and lower valuation adjustments.

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What has been proven is that if you are one of the top spenders, innovation will impact gross margin (the percentage of revenue left over after subtracting the costs of materials, labor, manufacturing, and direct shipping, and after paying other expenses incurred in making the products or services sold).

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Gross margin was down eight percentage points from a year ago, to 56%.

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