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1profit — prof·it n 1: gain in excess of expenditures: as a: the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost b: net income from a business, investment, or capital appreciation compare earnings, loss …
2reap — UK US /riːp/ verb [T] ► to make a large amount of money or a big profit: »Outside shareholders reaped 25% of the dividends generated. reap $35 million/£1.9 billion, etc. »His company has reaped more than $800 million in federal contracts over the …
3reap — [ri:p] v [: Old English; Origin: reopan] 1.) [T] to get something, especially something good, as a result of what you have done reap the benefit/reward/profit (of sth) ▪ Those who do take risks often reap the rewards. 2.) you reap what you sow… …
4reap — I verb achieve, acquire, attain, be rewarded, benefit, clear, collect, cull, cut, demetere, derive, draw, earn, gain, gather, get, glean, harvest, obtain, pick, pick up, procure, profit, realize, receive, recover, retrieve, secure, take, take in …
5profit — [präf′it] n. [OFr < L profectus, pp. of proficere, to profit, lit., to advance: see PROFICIENT] 1. advantage; gain; benefit 2. [often pl.] a) monetary gain from business transactions b) the ratio of this to the amount of capital invested c)… …
6reap the fruits — index profit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7profit — [n] gain accumulation, acquisition, advancement, advantage, aggrandizement, augmentation, avail, benefit, bottom line*, cleanup, earnings, emoluments, gate*, goods*, gravy*, gross, harvest, income, interest, killing, lucre, net, output, outturn,… …
8reap — [v] collect, harvest acquire, bring in, come to have, crop, cull, cut, derive, draw, gain, garner, gather, get, get as a result, glean, ingather, mow, obtain, pick, pick up, pluck, procure, produce, profit, realize, receive, recover, retrieve,… …
9profit — I n. 1) to clear, earn, make, realize, reap, turn a profit 2) to bring (in), yield a profit 3) a handsome, large; marginal, small; quick profit 4) an excess, exorbitant profit 5) a clear; net; gross profit 6) a profit on (to make a profit on a… …
10profit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. advantage, benefit, interest; gain, earnings, return. See increaseAnt., loss. v. benefit; improve; gain, line one s pockets. See money, utility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Advantage] Syn. avail, good,… …