One-Time Item

Categories: Accounting

See: One-Time Charge.

An “item” is usually a charge, but every now and then there’s a good thing that happens only once. Or a sale of a division to China. Or a big cash raise from selling shares.

That is, when it’s a one-time thing, it doesn’t happen every quarter or even every year. It’s rare, so a company has to call it out as a Thing.

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