Profit

['prɒfɪt] or ['prɑfɪt]

Definition

(noun.) the advantageous quality of being beneficial.

(verb.) make a profit; gain money or materially; 'The company has not profited from the merger'.

(verb.) derive a benefit from; 'She profited from his vast experience'.

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Definition

(n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.

(n.) Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,

(n.) To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.

(v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.

(v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

Edited by Elsie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Gain, produce, emolument, return, avails.[2]. Advantage, benefit, service, weal, interest, welfare, behoof, behalf, account, utility.

Editor: Philip

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Gain, emolument, advantage, avail, acquisition, benefit_service, use,improvement

ANT:Loss, detriment, damage, disadvantage, waste

Checked by Clifton

Definition

n. gain: the gain resulting from the employment of capital: the difference between the selling price and the first cost: advantage: addition to good or value: benefit: improvement.—v.t. to benefit or to be of advantage to: to improve.—v.i. to gain advantage: to receive profit: to improve: to be of advantage: to bring good.—adj. Prof′itable yielding or bringing profit or gain: lucrative: productive: advantageous: beneficial.—n. Prof′itableness.—adv. Prof′itably.—ns. Prof′iter; Prof′iting profit gain or advantage: (B.) progress or proficiency.—adj. Prof′itless without profit gain or advantage.—adv. Prof′itlessly.—n. Prof′it-shar′ing a voluntary agreement under which the employee receives a share fixed beforehand in the profits of a business.—Profit and loss gain or loss arising from buying and selling &c.—Net profits clear gain after deduction of all outlay and expenses; Rate of profit the amount of profit compared with the capital used in its production.

Checker: Rupert

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of profits, brings success in your immediate future. See Gain.

Checker: Sophia

Examples

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