profit has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

But the one that upset the financially wise was the professional dancer who related in a book how he parlayed his earnings into a $ 2000000 profit on the stock_market .

2
[ verb ] derive a benefit from

Synonyms

benefit gain

Examples

"She profited from his vast experience"

Used in print

(Tracts published by American Tract Society,...)

Unfortunately , in our rush to beat the Russians , we have forgotten these truth-packed words of Jesus_Christ : `` What shall it profit a man , if he shall gain the whole world [ that includes outer_space ] , and lose his own soul ?

(Booth Hemingway and Stuart H. Brown,...)

So our innate generosity of spirit prompts us to share our trials , errors and solutions with any who are taking the pool plunge for_the_first_time - in the pious hope that some may profit from our experience .

3
[ verb ] (business) make a profit; gain money or materially

Synonyms

turn_a_profit

Examples

"The company has not profited from the merger"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans],...)

Any tax_bill also will revive allegations that some of his followers have been using their administration affiliations imprudently to profit themselves .

(Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)

But slowly they take_over as Alain_Delon ( Life , Sept. 15 ) , playing a sometimes appealing but always criminal boy , casually tells a rich and foot-loose American that he is going_to murder him , then does it even while the American is trying to puzzle_out how Delon expects to profit from the act .

4
[ noun ] the advantageous quality of being beneficial

Synonyms

gain

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

Latest models serve hot meals at reasonable prices , and at a profit to you .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9647
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