profit meaning
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WProfit
- A financial benefit that is realized when the amount of revenue gained from a business activity exceeds the expenses, costs and taxes needed to sustain the activity.
- Profit (accounting), the difference between the purchase price and the costs of bringing to market
- Profit (economics), has two related but distinct meanings: Normal profit and Economic profit
- Profit (real property), a nonpossessory interest in land
- Profit (TV series), a short-lived American television series starring Adrian Pasdar
- The Profit (TV series)
FR profit 

- NounPLprofitsPREpro-
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
- Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
- (law) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- VerbSGprofitsPRprofitingPT, PPprofited
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The company has not turned a profit from the merger.
- Certain wagering individuals would profit from the outcome. ( adjectival )
- Humiliating your kid on national television for a short-term profit is one of the biggest fuck yous that a parent can ever give to their own child.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The concert hall was underbooked for most of the year and failed to make a profit.
- For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit.
- The business runs hot and cold; some months our firm doesn't earn enough to cover expenses and other months, we net 400% profits.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of profit in English Dictionary
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- en profits
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- en profitable
- fr profitable
Source: Wiktionary

