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profit
[ prof-it ]
noun
- Often profits.
- pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
- the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
- returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials, etc.:
The company works on a small margin of profit.
Synonyms:
- advantage; benefit; gain.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used without object)
- to gain an advantage or benefit:
He profited greatly from his schooling.
- to make a profit.
- to take advantage:
to profit from the weaknesses of others.
- to be of service or benefit.
- to make progress.
verb (used with object)
- to be of advantage or profit to:
Nothing profits one so much as a sound education.
Synonyms: ,
profit
/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
- often plural excess of revenues over outlays and expenses in a business enterprise over a given period of time, usually a year
- the monetary gain derived from a transaction
- income derived from property or an investment, as contrasted with capital gains
- the ratio of this income to the investment or principal
- economics
- the income or reward accruing to a successful entrepreneur and held to be the motivating factor of all economic activity in a capitalist economy
- ( as modifier )
the profit motive
- a gain, benefit, or advantage
verb
- to gain or cause to gain profit
Derived Forms
- ˈǴھٱ, adjective
- ˈǴھٱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- Ǵi· noun
- Ǵi· adjective
- Ǵi··ly adverb
- Ǵi··ness noun
- ·Ǵi adjective
- -Ǵi noun
- ܲ·Ǵi· adjective
- ܲ·Ǵi·Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of profit1
Example Sentences
But that profit gets whittled away once you add in the cost of other business operations.
A plummeting market is an indication that most people think that most companies are likely to see their profits fall.
While it’s possible that sustained tariffs could eventually bring more jobs to the U.S., he said, “you’re also going to see corporate profits squeezed, you’re going to see higher consumer prices, higher inflation.”
Meanwhile Andrew Lane, managing director of Union Industries in Leeds said the firm, which makes industrial doors, shares about half its post-tax profit with employees.
“It is hard to imagine how these tariffs would not wreak havoc upon the profit margins of major multinational corporations.”
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