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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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Recent Examples of profit
Noun
Haugen appeared on 60 Minutes and testified before Congress, telling lawmakers that Facebook had shirked its responsibility to its most vulnerable users, largely because profit is king. Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025 Black men, it was said, intended to take the profits and the means of cotton production and sale for themselves. Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Liccardo wants to subject violators to criminal and civil penalties while stopping them from profiting from an asset issued before the bill's enactment -- giving it retroactive element intended to address the launch of $TRUMP. John Parkinson, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025 However, the wide product range raises questions, with many wondering how TP-Link can profit from routers sold at such low prices compared to the competition. Simon Hill, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for profit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
Noun
  • It's used to make changes to the debt limit, changes to mandatory spending or adjustments in revenues.
    Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Burberry reported annual revenues of £2.97 billion ($3.75 billion) for the 2024 fiscal year.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Technical Optimization Technical excellence benefits both user experience and AI agent interaction.
    Andrea Prazakova, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The country also benefited greatly from improved education, high levels of immigration, influxes of foreign capital, and expanding market competition.
    Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But that led some YouTubers to complain they were being unfairly deprived of ad-revenue income.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Tenants typically pay 30% of their income toward rent, with the federal subsidy making up the remainder of the payment to the landlord.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Forecasters expect to see about 170,000 payrolls added, which would be more than the 143,000 job gains in January.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The airline recorded a significant 24% increase in available seat miles, accompanied by modest gains in passenger yield (up 0.5%) and an impressive 150 basis point improvement in occupancy rate relative to 2022.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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