profit
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, decent, enormous, fat, good, greater, handsome, healthy, hefty, high, huge, large, massive, maximum, record, strong, substantial, tidy▪ increasing, rising▪ obscene▪
At whose expense are those obscene profits made?
▪ low, modest, reasonable, small▪They closed down after years of low profits.
▪ declining, falling▪ overall, total▪ average, steady▪a commodity that produced steady profits
▪ additional, excess, extra▪ lost, unrealized▪Damaged goods mean lost profit.
▪ quick▪He's only interested in making a quick profit.
▪ pure▪$700 million of almost pure profit
▪ expected▪The expected profits have not materialized.
▪ potential▪the potential profits from insider trading
▪ future▪ gross, pre-tax (esp. BrE)▪ after-tax, clear, net, post-tax (esp. BrE)▪ taxable▪ reported▪ interim (BrE), short-term▪ annual, quarterly▪an annual profit of £50 000
▪ first-quarter, full-year, half-year (esp. BrE), second-quarter, etc.▪ corporate, group▪ operating, trading▪ personal▪Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000.
VERB + PROFIT▪ bring, bring in, deliver, earn, generate, make, produce, realize, reap, return, turn, yield▪The CD generated record profits.
▪ boost, increase▪ double▪ maximize▪ post, report▪The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million.
▪ show▪The company started to show a profit in its first year.
▪ take▪Investors will take the profits.
▪ guarantee▪ share, splitPROFIT + VERB▪ climb, grow, increase, jump, rise, soar, surge▪Profits surged 41% to £13 million.
▪ decline, drop, fall, plummet, plunge▪ accrue, arise▪profits accruing to the taxpayer from the sale of property
PROFIT + NOUN▪ margin, rate▪ sharing▪ motive▪the pharmaceutical companies' profit motive
▪ maximization▪We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization.
▪ centre/center▪The interest paid on credit-card bills has become the largest profit centre/center for banks.
PREPOSITION▪ against profits▪The company made losses of $500 000 against profits of $750 000.
▪ at a profit▪We should be able to sell the piano at a profit.
▪ for profit▪The goods were sold for profit.
▪ profit from▪profits from property investments
▪ profit on▪Did you make a profit on your house when you sold it?
PHRASES▪ a decline in profits, a fall in profits▪ an increase in profits, a rise in profits▪ profit after tax, profit before tax▪Profit before tax increased by 40% on last year.
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Profit — (von lat. profectus „Fortgang, Zunahme, Vorteil“ / Aussprache: [pʀoˈfit]) bezeichnet den Gewinn, d.h. den Überschuss, welcher nach Abzug der Kosten der eingesetzten Mittel von einem Unternehmen, bzw. Unternehmer erzielt wird. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
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profit — 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 … Law dictionary
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Profit — generally is the making of gain in business activity for the benefit of the owners of the business. The word comes from Latin meaning to make progress, is defined in two different ways, one for economics and one for accounting.Profit may refer to … Wikipedia
profit — pròfīt m <G profíta> DEFINICIJA 1. ekon. količina novca koja se dobije kada se od ukupnog prihoda poduzeća odbiju troškovi svih inputa ili proizvodnih faktora; višak, dobit 2. pren. dobit iz neke situacije (novčana, moralna i sl.) SINTAGMA… … Hrvatski jezični portal
Profit — Pro fit, n. [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress, profit, fr. profectum. See {Proficient}.] 1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Profit — Prof it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.] To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men. [1913 Webster] The word… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Profit — Prof it, v. i. 1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. [1913 Webster] I profit not by thy talk. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. [1913 Webster] Riches profit not in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
