Profit Definition
prŏfĭt
profited, profiting, profits
noun
profits
Advantage; gain; benefit.
Webster's New World
Monetary gain from business transactions.
Webster's New World
The ratio of this to the amount of capital invested.
Webster's New World
The sum remaining after all costs, direct and indirect, are deducted from the income of a business, the selling price, etc.
Webster's New World
Proceeds from property or investments.
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Synonyms:
verb
profited, profiting, profits
To be of profit or advantage to.
Webster's New World
To be of advantage or benefit.
Webster's New World
To reap an advantage, financial or otherwise; benefit.
Webster's New World
To be beneficial to.
What has all this time in school profited you?
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- lose
- break-even
- miss out on
- lose out on
- loss
Origin of Profit
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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.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin prōfectus from past participle of prōficere make progress, to profit prō- forward pro–1 facere to make dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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