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Profits   /prˈɑfɪts/   Listen
Profits

noun
1.
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).  Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit.
2.
Something won (especially money).  Synonyms: win, winnings.  Antonym: losings.



Profit

noun
1.
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).  Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profits.
2.
The advantageous quality of being beneficial.  Synonym: gain.
verb
(past & past part. profited; pres. part. profiting)
1.
Derive a benefit from.  Synonyms: benefit, gain.
2.
Make a profit; gain money or materially.  Synonym: turn a profit.  Antonyms: break even, lose.



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"Profits" Quotes from Famous Books



... finest book in papa's library is one written by his Louis? Will it not be as good as to see his prescription at the apothecary's? It is true that this first effort will bring me in but little; nothing at all, in fact, because M. de Martius has assumed all the expenses, and will, of course, receive the profits. My share will be a few copies of the book, and these I shall give to the friends ...
— Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence • Louis Agassiz

... me to be the simplest thing in the world if one is content with moderate profits. I'm going in for it seriously—cautiously—as a matter of business. I've studied the thing—got it up as I used to work at something for an exam. And here, you see, I've made five pounds at a stroke—five pounds! Suppose I ...
— The Whirlpool • George Gissing

... algebraic power, of the Church processions which abound this month; and he is as faithful to them as Boswell to Johnson;—wherever they appear, he is there to console and refresh. Nor is his office a sinecure now; and let us hope that he has his small profits, as well as the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 31, May, 1860 • Various

... to be in the service of Antonio, who appears with Alberto and their friends, completely frustrating the plot, whilst Clarina, Ismena, and other ladies have acted the courtezans to deceive Curtius, and at the same time read the Prince a salutary lesson. He profits so much by this experience that he takes Cloris, whose sex is discovered, to be his bride, whilst Laura bestows her hand on ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV. • Aphra Behn

... board of directors years ago. But there ain't no use tryin' to make parlor comp'ny out of kitchen help; so Piddie's just trailed along, bein' as useful as he knew how, and workin' up from ten a week to one fifty a month, just as satisfied as if he was gettin' his per cent. of the profits. ...
— Torchy • Sewell Ford


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