often attributive
1
: a valuable return : gain
2
: the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or series of transactions
especially
: the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost
3
: net income usually for a given period of time
4
: the ratio of profit for a given year to the amount of capital invested or to the value of sales
5
: the compensation accruing to entrepreneurs for the assumption of risk in business enterprise as distinguished from wages or rent
profited; profiting; profits
: to be of service to : benefit
Synonyms
Examples of profit in a Sentence
Noun
The company made a profit this year.
Profits are up from last year.
There was a rise in profits this year.
The profits from CD sales were donated to charity.
The organization is not run for profit.
The film made $1,000,000 in profit.
The book can be read with profit by anyone who wants to understand how the system works.
Verb
It would profit him to take some computer classes.
The company has profited by selling its products online.
He profited greatly from his investments.
The island profits from tourism.
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Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
The business has been so successful that this year Gamechanger will pull in $100 million in revenue, at least double what Dick’s Sporting Goods paid for the business in 2016, and add profits to the sporting goods giant’s bottom line.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
These tools not only help attackers compromise devices but also give them more ways to profit from their schemes.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Adjusted operating profit rose 8 percent to 118.5 million euros.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
The business has been so successful that this year Gamechanger will pull in $100 million in revenue, at least double what Dick’s Sporting Goods paid for the business in 2016, and add profits to the sporting goods giant’s bottom line.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
In Girls Gone Wild, the Untold Story, producers examine the life of Joe Francis, the founder of the multimillion-dollar franchise that profited off of exploitive videos featuring young spring breakers baring their breasts for T-shirts and hats.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
These tools not only help attackers compromise devices but also give them more ways to profit from their schemes.
—Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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