profit
Other forms: profits; profited; profiting
A profit is money you make, as opposed to money you lose. Also, anything good profits you — it benefits you.
When we talk about profits, we're talking about coming out ahead. Businesses need to make a profit — money — or they'll have to fire employees, cut expenses, and maybe go out of business entirely. If more money is coming in than going out, that's a profit. Profit also means a benefit. For example, you could profit from playing baseball even if you made no money from it. Getting exercise and fun would profit anybody quite a bit.
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the advantageous quality of being beneficial
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synonyms:
gain
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account
the quality of taking advantage
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gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness
the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
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account
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the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
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synonyms:
earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profits
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earning per share
the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
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windfall profit
profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it
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cleanup, killing
a very large profit
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fast buck, quick buck
quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck"
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filthy lucre
shameful profit
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gross profit, gross profit margin, margin
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
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markup
the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
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accumulation
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
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dividend
that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
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fund, stock, store
a supply of something available for future use
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backlog, reserve, stockpile
something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
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stock dividend
a dividend paid in stock rather than in cash
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extra dividend
a dividend paid in addition to the regular dividend
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equalizing dividend
a dividend paid to compensate shareholders for losses resulting from a change in the dividend schedule
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divvy
short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
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income
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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derive a benefit from“She profited from his vast experience”
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cash in on
take advantage of or capitalize on
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profiteer
make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
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capitalise, capitalize, take advantage
draw advantages from
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pyramid
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
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clear, net, sack, sack up
make as a net profit
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make a profit; gain money or materially“The company has not profited from the merger”
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synonyms:
turn a profit
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antonyms:
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break even
make neither profit nor loss
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lose, turn a loss
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
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line one's pockets
make a lot of money
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turn a nice dime, turn a nice dollar, turn a nice penny
make a satisfactory profit
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clean up
make a big profit; often in a short period of time
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monetize
use something as a source of income or profit
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break even
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