Wh Definition & Meaning

American

Examples

Wh 1 American Or wh,

abbreviation

1. watt-hour; watt-hours.

WH 2 American

abbreviation

Banking.

1. withholding.

Example Sentences

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The UK's financial regulator is investigating WH Smith after the retailer uncovered accounting mistakes at its North America business earlier this year.

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WH Smith, which has lost its chief executive and seen its shares fall 40% following the accounting blunder, said it had been a difficult end to the year.

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WH Smith sold off its chain of 480 High Street shops earlier this year, and these stores have been rebranded TG Jones by its new owner.

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Pre-tax profit excluding one-off costs for the slimmed down business was £108m for the year to the end of August, WH Smith said.

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Forecasts for its profit had been downgraded after it surfaced that WH Smith's business in North America had overstated revenues possibly by as much as £50m.

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