profit
♦♦ prof|it /pr'ɒfɪt/ (profits profiting profited)
1 [N-VAR]
A profit is an amount of money that you gain when you are paid more for something than it cost you to make, get, or do it.
The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million...
You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning...
≠ loss
2 [VERB] V from/by n/-ing, V
If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it.
Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses...
The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
3 [VERB] V from/by n, V n, it V n to-inf
If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it. (FORMAL)
Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle...
So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little...
Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
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Profit is also a noun.
The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.prof|it mar|gin (profit margins)
[N-COUNT]
A profit margin is the difference between the selling price of a product and the cost of producing and marketing it. (BUSINESS)
The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
1 [N-VAR]
A profit is an amount of money that you gain when you are paid more for something than it cost you to make, get, or do it.
The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million...
You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning...
≠ loss
2 [VERB] V from/by n/-ing, V
If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it.
Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses...
The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
3 [VERB] V from/by n, V n, it V n to-inf
If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it. (FORMAL)
Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle...
So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little...
Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
[N-UNCOUNT]
Profit is also a noun.
The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.prof|it mar|gin (profit margins)
[N-COUNT]
A profit margin is the difference between the selling price of a product and the cost of producing and marketing it. (BUSINESS)
The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.