PROFIT
\pɹˈɒfɪt], \pɹˈɒfɪt], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_f_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of PROFIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the advantageous quality of being beneficial
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make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"
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derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
By Princeton University
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the advantageous quality of being beneficial
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make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
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Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
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To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
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To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
By Oddity Software
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Money gain; amount by which income exceeds expense in a given time; benefit or advantage.
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To benefit; to be of service to.
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To receive benefit; gain; improve; to be of use; bring good.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Gain: the gain resulting from the employment of capital: advantage: benefit: improvement.
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To benefit or be of advantage to: to improve.
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To gain advantage: to receive profit: to improve: to be of advantage: to bring good.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To be of profit to.
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To obtain profit.
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To be of advantage.
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Valuable return from labor; benefit; gain.
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Excess of returns over outlay.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any pecuniary gain or advantage; any advantage; benefit.
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To benefit; to improve; to advance.
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To gain advantage; to improve; to grow wiser or better.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Gain; advantage; emolument; the difference in favour of the seller between the cost and selling price of commodities; improvement.
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To benefit; to improve; to gain advantage; to receive profit; to become wiser and better; to bring good to.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French, Latin] Benefit ; advantage ;- gain or good gotten or enjoyed ;-acquisition beyond expenditure ; in commerce, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation ;-valuable results ; useful consequences; improvement ; advancement ; emolument.
