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11profit — 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 …
12profit by — profit from if you re smart, you ll profit from their mistakes Syn: benefit from, take advantage of, derive benefit from, capitalize on, make the most of, turn to one s advantage, put to good use, do well out of, exploit, gain from; informal cash …
13profit-taking — ˈprofit ˌtaking noun [uncountable] FINANCE when investors on a financial market sell investments in order to profit from a rise in prices: • Prices settled lower after profit taking late in the session by commodity fund managers. * * *… …
14profit — ► NOUN 1) a financial gain, especially the difference between an initial outlay and the subsequent amount earned. 2) advantage; benefit. ► VERB (profited, profiting) ▪ benefit, especially financially. DERIVATIVES profitless adjective …
15profit — 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 *… …
16Profit (economics) — In economics, the term profit has two related but distinct meanings. Normal profit represents the total opportunity costs (both explicit and implicit) of a venture to an entrepreneur or investor, whilst economic profit (also abnormal, pure,… …
17profit — 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 …
18profit — 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 …
19profit — 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… …
20profit — [[t]prɒ̱fɪt[/t]] ♦♦ 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… …
