Definition: Van Diemen's Land, the island south of mainland Australia, is now known as Tasmania. In the 1800s it was a penal colony to which the British government sent convicts. Some of the Irish rebels tried for their parts in the Young Ireland movement of the 1840s were sent to Van Diemen's Land.n the 1800s it was a penal colony to which the British government sent convicts. Some of the Irish rebels tried for their parts in the Young Ireland movement of the 1840s were sent to Van Diemen's Land.
What is contribution margin? In accounting contribution margin is defined as revenues minus variable expenses. In other words, the contribution margin reveals how much of a company's revenues will be contributing (after covering the variable expenses) to the company's fixed expenses and net income.
Contribution margin. In cost-volume-profit analysis, a form of management accounting, contribution marginâthe marginal profit per unit saleâis a useful quantity in carrying out various calculations, and can be used as a measure of operating leverage. Typically, low contribution margins are prevalent in the labor-intensive tertiary sector while high contribution margins are prevalent in the capital-intensive industrial sector.