pocket a profit
1pocket — ▪ I. pocket pock‧et 1 [ˈpɒkt ǁ ˈpɑːkt] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM used to refer to the amount of money people have available to spend: • We need to find a way to put more money in people spockets …
2pocket — pocketless, adj. pocketlike, adj. /pok it/, n. 1. a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used esp. for carrying small articles. 2. a bag or pouch. 3. means; financial resources: a selection of gifts to… …
3pocket — /ˈpɒkət / (say pokuht) noun 1. a small bag inserted in a garment, for carrying a purse or other small articles. 2. a bag or pouch. 3. money, means, or financial resources. 4. any pouch like receptacle, hollow, or cavity. 5. a small isolated area …
4Pocket trumpet — trumpet, with the same playing range as the regular trumpet. It is a non standard instrument, not to be found in orchestral brass sections and is generally regarded as a novelty. The tubing is wound more tightly than that of a standard trumpet to …
5pocket — pock·et || pÉ‘kɪt / pÉ’k n. pouch used to carry objects; sac; saccule; underground deposit of oil v. steal from a pocket; put into a pocket; profit; roll a ball into a hole (Billiards) adj. small; of a pocket, of a pouch …
6pocket — / pɒkɪt/ noun ♦ to be £25 in pocket to have made a profit of £25 ♦ to be £25 out of pocket to have lost £25 …
7For-profit education — (also known as the education services industry or proprietary education) refers to educational institutions operated by private, profit seeking businesses. There are two major types of for profit schools. One type is known as an educational… …
8To turn to profit — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
9in pocket — adverb 1. : provided with funds 2. : in the position of having made a profit probably find himself in pocket in a good year F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox * * * having enough money or money to spare; having gained in a transaction ■ (of money) gained …
10in pocket — phrasal 1. provided with funds 2. in the position of having made a profit …