to profit from
81profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue. [1955 60] * * * profit squeeze, a narrow or narrowing profit margin: »Retail concerns are confronted with a “profit squeeze from rising expenses” (Wall Street Journal) …
82Profit and Lace — ST episode name = Profit and Lace series = DS9 ep num = 147 prod num = 547 date = May 13, 1998 writer = Ira Steven Behr Hans Beimler director = Alexander Siddig guest = Henry Gibson Jeffrey Combs Max Grodenchik Aron Eisenberg Cecily Adams Chase… …
83profit taking — noun The act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it. The stock market was down today amid profit taking, the share holders wanted to get some of the increase in stock price as cash while they… …
84Profit Center — The branch or division of a company that creates profits individually and separately from the main organization. The profit center s revenues and expenses are held separate from the main company s in order to determine their profitability …
85Profit — This picturesque and unusual surname is of Medieval French origin, and has two possible sources, the first being that it is a metonymic occupational name for a soothsayer or a village elder , and is derived from the Old French prophete , prophet …
86turn a profit — profit from, make money It will be a year before we turn a profit on this new product …
87profit on manufacture — production profit The margin obtained when manufactured items or finished goods are transferred from the factory at a price in excess of the cost of production. The technique is used in organizations wishing to submit the production departments… …
88profit-taking — /ˈprɒfət ˌteɪkɪŋ/ (say profuht .tayking) noun Stock Exchange the selling of commodities, securities, etc., especially after a sharp rise in value or in the expectation of a fall in value, so as to maximise profit: *there were few leads to follow… …
89From hand to hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
90profit by — Synonyms and related words: benefit from, capitalize on, carpe diem, cash in, cash in on, exploit, improve, improve the occasion, make capital of, make hay, not be behindhand, put to advantage, seize the day, take advantage of, trade on, turn to… …
