at a profit

idiom

: so as to make money
We sold the house at a profit.
The business is running at a profit.

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Private equity firms typically use a large amount of debt to buy companies and properties that the firms then try to sell at a profit after a few years. Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024 Hanoi responded by opening the state-run economy to private business, abolishing collective farms, and leasing land to individuals, who were allowed for the first time to sell their produce at a profit, at home or abroad. Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024 Plus, people aren’t only buying art NFTs to resell them at a profit. Jessica Klein, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2024 The hackers’ goal is to persuade enough people to jump on the coin’s bandwagon to raise its value, at which point investors could sell their holdings at a profit — at least until the market reacts and the value drops again. Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for at a profit 

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“At a profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20profit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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