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11profit-making — profit ,making adjective a profit making event, business, or organization makes or is intended to make a profit ─ opposite NONPROFIT …
12profit taking — profit ,taking noun uncount BUSINESS a situation where business people sell STOCK while it is rising in value in order to make a profit …
13profit — total revenue less total expenses for a period of time calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Glossary of Business Terms Revenue minus cost. The amount one makes on a transaction. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary *… …
14profit — prof|it1 [ prafıt ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount money that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. Your total profit before you pay tax is called gross …
15profit — I UK [ˈprɒfɪt] / US [ˈprɑfɪt] noun Word forms profit : singular profit plural profits *** 1) [countable/uncountable] business money that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid… …
16profit — 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… …
17make — ▪ I. make make 1 [meɪk] verb made PTandPP [meɪd] making PRESPART 1. [transitive] MANUFACTURING to produce something by working or by using industrial processes …
18profit — 1. noun 1) the firm made a profit Syn: (financial) gain, return(s), yield, proceeds, earnings, winnings, surplus, excess; informal pay dirt, bottom line Ant: loss 2) we could gain no profit by continuing …
19profit — profiter, n. profitless, adj. profitlessly, adv. profitlessness, n. /prof it/, n. 1. Often, profits. a. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Cf. gross profit, net profit. b. the ratio of s …
20profit — / prɒfɪt/ noun money gained from a sale which is more than the money spent on making the item sold or on providing the service offered ♦ profit after tax profit after tax has been paid ♦ to take your profit to sell shares at a higher price than… …
