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profit

Definition

  • noun: money that is made in a business, through investing, etc., after all the costs and expenses are paid
  • noun: a valuable return
  • verb: to get an advantage or benefit from something
  • verb: to be of service or advantage
  • often + 'by' or 'from'
  • synonyms: gain, avail, advance

Examples

  • He 'profited by' his experience/mistake. [=he learned something useful from his experience/mistake]

  • The book can be read with 'profit' by anyone who wants to understand how the system works.

  • We sold the house 'at a profit'. [=we made a profit when we sold our house]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Goodbye. He boys. I knew that I would find you here. Do you have your straws with you? Then we throw 't in pots do a label around it. That is pure profit. What is this for a place? One in the brain as big as a pin. - 'T His also speldenknopjes. Hey check out the new bedwelmer. - So, cool. (..)
    2007 Bee Movie