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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

  • (..) That's Jimmy Bags. - He was rea... I don't know. - What the fuck you doing? I'm in the hole, I pay him two grand. There's no profit, I pay him two grand. Then make more money. This is America. You don't make money, you're a douche bag. Now what you gonna do? - Make more money. (..)
    2006 The Departed