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as in earnings
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received
after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20
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as in revenue
an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property
found that there was a profit in training dogs for rich people
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profit
Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
To some extent, investors are simply anticipating the negative impact that slower growth, or an outright slump, will have on corporate profits.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Kayte Spector-Bagdady, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
To profit from investing in CoreWeave, investors will need many things to go their way.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Cowrie shells and uncut red-and-black bead tubes manufactured in the 17th century reflect the vast profits Britain piled up from the West African slave trade by trafficking enslaved people to plantations in the Caribbean.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
To some extent, investors are simply anticipating the negative impact that slower growth, or an outright slump, will have on corporate profits.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Reasons for this rapid decline include a decrease in the sale of test kits after a 2023 hack of almost 7 million people’s data, as well as a failure to profit enough from providing data access to other private sector companies.
—Kayte Spector-Bagdady, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
To profit from investing in CoreWeave, investors will need many things to go their way.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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To some extent, Tesla's woes predate Musk's involvement with the Trump administration, with the company's revenue slipping 1% last year, partly due to sluggish sales in the first six months of 2024.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The studio also has plans to ramp up sales of its existing content, increasing international revenue’s share of total income from 30% to 50% by 2033; upgrade its studio facilities and post-production labs in Tokyo and Kyoto; and work on co-productions with China and other Asian territories.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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While Chris' construction of a xenon-halogen laser to solve the power problem was purely theoretical at the time, the underlying scientific details were later outlined in a scientific paper—a fitting example of how science and Hollywood can both benefit from such collaborations.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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Companies also benefit by downsizing office space and tapping into a broader talent pool.—
Felicia Faber,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Civil rights groups attacked Noem, pointing out that the watch was a flaunting of income disparity between the U.S. and El Salvador.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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The group’s net income rose 18% to 10.3 billion pesos in 2024 and Shin forecasts the net income will steadily increase to 11.9 billion pesos in 2025, 15 billion pesos in 2026 and reach 19 billion pesos in 2027.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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If the stock rises to $150 by the time restrictions lapse and the individual sells at $200, the $100 gain ($200 - $100) is capital gain.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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But as more employers reported their headcounts to the state unemployment insurance system, the gain ended up closer to 500.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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