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)
Synonyms 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 . |
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[ verb ] derive a benefit from
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 . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (business) make a profit; gain money or materially
Synonyms 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 . Related terms lose break_even gain clean_up turn_a_nice_dime line_one's_pockets scoop net_income |
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[ noun ] the advantageous quality of being beneficial
Synonyms Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Latest models serve hot meals at reasonable prices , and at a profit to you . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9647
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