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| NOUN | 1 | profit, net income, net, net profit, lucre, profits, earnings | The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
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| 2 | profit, gain | The advantageous quality of being beneficial | |
| VERB | 1 | profit, gain, benefit | Derive a benefit from |
| 2 | profit, turn a profit | Make a profit |
| Sounds | praa'faht; praa'fiht |
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| Rhymes | abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website... |
| acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). |
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| Synonyms | net income, net, net profit, lucre, profits, earnings |
| Parts | share, portion, part, percentage |
| Narrower | earning per share; windfall profit; killing, cleanup; fast buck, quick buck; gross profit, gross profit margin, margin; markup; accumulation; dividend |
| Broader | income |
| Verbs | profit |
| Meaning | The advantageous quality of being beneficial. |
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| Synonyms | gain |
| Narrower | account; profitableness, profitability |
| Broader | advantage, vantage |
| Verbs | profit |
| Meaning | Derive a benefit from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "She profited from his vast experience" |
| Synonyms | gain, benefit |
| Narrower | cash in on; profiteer; capitalize, capitalise, take advantage; pyramid; net, sack, sack up, clear |
| Broader | get, acquire |
| Nouns | profit |
| Meaning | Make a profit. Gain money or materially. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The company has not profited from the merger" |
| Synonyms | turn a profit |
| Narrower | line one's pockets; turn a nice dime, turn a nice penny, turn a nice dollar; clean up |
| Broader | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in |
| Contrary | break even; lose, turn a loss |
| Nouns | profit |