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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
Andrea Shalal, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
The bookstore also offers a consignment program for Milwaukee area creators, in which creators keep 75% of their profit for their creations and will have access to the store for art showcases.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Khurram Akhtar, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Big Tobacco deliberately made products addictive and targeted young people, profiting massively while the public paid the price.
—Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
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Those funds are backed by profits earned on frozen Russian sovereign assets.
—Andrea Shalal, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
The bookstore also offers a consignment program for Milwaukee area creators, in which creators keep 75% of their profit for their creations and will have access to the store for art showcases.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
Corrupt Public Officials: Public officials can exploit programs by demanding or profiting illicitly from these programs.
—Khurram Akhtar, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Big Tobacco deliberately made products addictive and targeted young people, profiting massively while the public paid the price.
—Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
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For the year, Flutter expects its U.S. revenue to be $370 million lower than the previous guidance midpoint at $5.78 billion.Robert Olsen, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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For a second successive year, video was the largest of the three sectors surveyed by ERA, with revenue increasing 6.9 percent to around £5 billion ($6.2 billion).Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
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And Martel wants to explore whether some people would benefit from cyclical adjustment to their ADHD medication.Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2025
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Increasing healthy carbohydrates may benefit sports performance, energy levels, and metabolic health.Johna Burdeos, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
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Her other notable income from the past year included $27,600 in contributor fees from Newsmax and a $20,000 speaking fee from a conference last year hosted by bitnile.com, an online gaming company.Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Now, there’s more potential capital returns, not just income, for bond investors if rates come down over time.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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All defenders have to see the play similarly and move as one with what’s coming at them, and if one player takes a step out of their responsibility, that can be the difference between stopping a play and a medium-to-long gain.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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The 2024 season was overall a bounce-back, but his end-of-year slide ate into those gains significantly.Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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