Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.
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Growth produced by the business the company already owned, excluding revenue consolidated from acquisitions made during the period.
The like-for-like number. A company reporting 18% having bought a third of the increase did not grow 18%.
Revenue and profit added by acquiring another business, consolidated from the acquisition date onwards.
Growth that was bought rather than grown, at a price the revenue line never mentions. A mid-year acquisition flatters two consecutive years, and then stops.