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profits
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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 (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)As mass dealer and distributor organizations grow in size , there is every reason to expect them to try to share_in the manufacturer 's as_well as the distributor 's profits - which is , in_effect , what the sale of private brands tends to do . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)When , as a diplomatic gesture of amity and in payment for the loan of gunmen in the April election , Torrio had given O_'_Banion a slice of Cicero , the profits from that district had been $ 20000 a month . In six months O_'_Banion had boosted the profits to $ 100000 a month - mainly by bringing pressure to bear on fifty Chicago speak-easy proprietors to shift out to the suburb . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)The slaves never shared in their profits , while they did share , in a very real sense , in the profits of the slave owners : they were fed , clothed , doctored , and_so_forth ; they were the beneficiaries of responsible , paternalistic care . The slaves never shared in their profits , while they did share , in a very real sense , in the profits of the slave owners : they were fed , clothed , doctored , and_so_forth ; they were the beneficiaries of responsible , paternalistic care . |
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[ noun ] something won (especially money)
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