Profit meaning in English
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Definition
to profit (from, by): to benefit, to gain, to make money (from)
I profited from my day off by resting and now feel ready to go back to work.
They profited from his stupidity by tricking him into giving them his credit card details.
a profit: a benefit, a return, a positive result
To make a profit to make more money than one has spent
Gross profit the difference between total revenue from sales and total cost of purchases or materials
profitable: lucrative, money-making, successful, generating money
profitability: the ability (usually of a company) to make money
Pronunciation examples
UK: I profited from my day off by resting.
US: The Delavigne Corporation made a huge profit last year.
Examples
- "The company's revenues amounted to $910 million last year, with profits totaling $70 million."
- "Philip : I've done a lot of research, and I found that the margin costs alone involved in adopting this charter would kill our profits."
- "The company's revenues amounted to $910 million in 2003, with profits totaling $70 million."
- "Despite this, CEO Kalvin Krime announced yesterday that "the worst is now over" and predicted an increase in profits next year."
- "While I'm not sure what percentage of profits we represent to your corporation, I have to believe we count for something."
- "Our profits have increased each year that Philip has worked here, and he is a tremendous asset to the company-"
- "Bruno : Hmm, I wonder whether it's better to invest our profits in biotech or mutual funds-"
- "If you really want to risk possible public scandal, which will cost you much more than your precious profits, then go ahead and listen to Cheeter."
- "Christmas sales account for as much as 40% of a retail store's annual revenue and as much as 75% of its annual profit."
- "Profits and Losses"
- "Greenzo: Saving the earth while maintaining profitability."
- "Notorious for his astute business sense and suspect business ethics, Mazerati has unveiled plans to triple D&C's profits within 6 years."
- "I imagine that some of you will have questions for me as this second quarter was not as profitable as expected."
- "Horatio : For profit!"
- "In general, the figures show that we've had kind of a productive and profitable year, and our EBIT indicates that we've actually surpassed our projected earnings by a considerable margin."
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