Ebitda

[Michiko]

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (used as an indicator of the overall profitability of a business).

[Michiko]

For the [college student]:

Earnings Before [Interest], [Tuition], Drugs, and Alcohol

[Marquetta]

In finance, earnings before interest, taxes, [depreciation] and [amortization], sometimes EBIT-DA. In accounting, a way-station in the slow morph from conceptual to pure [cash flow] reporting. Compare EBAWDWTCAE--earnings before anything we dont want to count as expenses.