profit
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (French: profit)., from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”); see proficient.
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: prŏf'it, IPA: /ˈprɒfət/, X-SAMPA: /"prQf@t/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: prophet
- Rhymes: -ɒfɪt
Noun [edit]
profit (plural profits)
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
- Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
- (law) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).
Usage notes [edit]
Regarding the income sense, when the difference is negative the term loss is correct. Negative profit does appear in microeconomics. Profit by a government agency is called a surplus.
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
benefit
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Verb [edit]
profit (third-person singular simple present profits, present participle profiting, simple past and past participle profited)
- (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
- Bible, Hebrews iv. 2
- The word preached did not profit them.
- Dryden
- It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
- Bible, Hebrews iv. 2
- (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
- (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
Translations [edit]
To benefit, be of use to
To benefit, gain
To take advantage of, exploit, use
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Derived terms [edit]
- book profit
- for-profit
- nonprofit
- not-for-profit
- paper profit
- profit from
- profitable
- profitably
- profiteer
- profit margin
- profit sharing
- profit taking
Related terms [edit]
External links [edit]
- profit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- profit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin profectus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
profit m (plural profits)
- profit, benefit
- Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances.
- He managed to take advantage of his knowledge.
- Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances.
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French profit, from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”).
Noun [edit]
profit m (plural profits)
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /prǒfiːt/
- Hyphenation: pro‧fit
Noun [edit]
pròfīt m (Cyrillic spelling про̀фӣт)
Declension [edit]
declension of profit
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | pròfīt | profiti |
| genitive | profíta | profita |
| dative | profitu | profitima |
| accusative | profit | profite |
| vocative | profite | profiti |
| locative | profitu | profitima |
| instrumental | profitom | profitima |
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