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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
Noun
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Music streaming giant Spotify relies on the U.S. for more than one-third of its revenue, according to BofA.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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Think of innovative partnerships that any company can do to align its business with suppliers or vendors that introduce new revenue opportunities.—
Wayne Elsey,
Forbes.com,
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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All of these would benefit from being procured at the group level for both economies of scale and also due diligence in terms of service level agreements and impact evaluation.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The council could select a lower fee at that point, but nothing higher than what is sent in the notice. Friction point: Most residents of multi-family units — who generally have lower incomes than residents of single-family homes — already pay private companies to collect their trash.—
Andrew Keatts,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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An analysis of 2019 Census data by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute revealed that 26 percent of households with unauthorized immigrants had incomes below the federal poverty line.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This also marks its third-biggest gain in post-WWII history.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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The move comes as the European Union considers rolling back recent gains made by climate activists.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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