Profit
noun
The amount of money gained when the income from business is more than the costs.
After deducting all the expenses, the company made a profit of $500.
Often appears as...
- net profit
- gross profit
verb
To gain advantage or benefit from something.
Students will greatly profit from reading these books.
Often appears as...
- profit by
- profit from
noun
In accounting, the positive gain from an investment or business operation after subtracting all expenses.
The net profit for this quarter is significantly higher than the previous one.
Often appears as...
- net profit
- operating profit
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In a financial context, to make a financial gain, especially from a business.
The company has profited significantly from the recent technological advancements.
Often appears as...
- profit handsomely
- profit quickly
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The amount of money gained when the income from business is more than the costs.
After deducting all the expenses, the company made a profit of $500.
Often appears as...
- net profit
- gross profit
verb
To gain advantage or benefit from something.
Students will greatly profit from reading these books.
Often appears as...
- profit by
- profit from
noun
In accounting, the positive gain from an investment or business operation after subtracting all expenses.
The net profit for this quarter is significantly higher than the previous one.
Often appears as...
- net profit
- operating profit
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In a financial context, to make a financial gain, especially from a business.
The company has profited significantly from the recent technological advancements.
Often appears as...
- profit handsomely
- profit quickly
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Use 'profit' when discussing the financial success of businesses and investments.
The café's profit has increased due to a rise in customer visits.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Money
While mostly monetary, 'profit' can refer to other forms of beneficial returns.
The merger resulted in a profit of resources and market reach.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Change
'Profit' can express sudden or gradual financial improvements in business.
Alice's lemonade stand began showing a small profit after a week.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Use 'profit' when discussing the financial success of businesses and investments.
The café's profit has increased due to a rise in customer visits.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Money
While mostly monetary, 'profit' can refer to other forms of beneficial returns.
The merger resulted in a profit of resources and market reach.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Change
'Profit' can express sudden or gradual financial improvements in business.
Alice's lemonade stand began showing a small profit after a week.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Use 'profit' when discussing the financial success of businesses and investments.
The café's profit has increased due to a rise in customer visits.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Money
While mostly monetary, 'profit' can refer to other forms of beneficial returns.
The merger resulted in a profit of resources and market reach.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressing Change
'Profit' can express sudden or gradual financial improvements in business.
Alice's lemonade stand began showing a small profit after a week.
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Upgrading management...
heads-up display that the drivers used to pair their instincts and experience with real-world analytics the results of the drivers are getting home earlier to see their families mileage is down which is good for profits in the environment customer satisfaction is actually up and they've been saving lives through an insight that they didn't have which is
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What is a gift economy?...
distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions involve some degree of reciprocity and social norms. We might wonder if a gift is truly a gift if it comes with obligations or involves some social pay off.
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What gives a dollar bill...
and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.
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How exposing anonymous...
as governments that profit from registering anonymous companies are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency.
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Why do airlines sell too...
Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses and institutions sell or book more than their full capacity. While often infuriating for the customer, overbooking happens because it increases profits
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Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
where chances of detection are low and profits from selling endangered wildlife can be extremely high. Oh, this is so strange. Like so many different kinds of incredible animals. I don't even know what some of the fur is. What's this? That's seal fur.
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How does the stock...
In order to fund their expensive voyages, the company turned to private citizens– individuals who could invest money to support the trip in exchange for a share of the ship’s profits. This practice allowed the company to afford even grander voyages,
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.
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Bloodwood: Rosewood...
make coffee tables and fancy guitars this is where all gets made in here okay huge demand has attracted criminal syndicates that will go to any lengths to protect their profits as cambodia's timber stocks run out they have moved
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
with regard to how we value them, and we have put so much emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share prices, at the exclusion of all else. It's like we've ripped the humanity out of our companies.
Video examples
Upgrading management...
heads-up display that the drivers used to pair their instincts and experience with real-world analytics the results of the drivers are getting home earlier to see their families mileage is down which is good for profits in the environment customer satisfaction is actually up and they've been saving lives through an insight that they didn't have which is
Video examples
What is a gift economy?...
distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions involve some degree of reciprocity and social norms. We might wonder if a gift is truly a gift if it comes with obligations or involves some social pay off.
Video examples
What gives a dollar bill...
and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.
Video examples
How exposing anonymous...
as governments that profit from registering anonymous companies are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency.
Video examples
Why do airlines sell too...
Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses and institutions sell or book more than their full capacity. While often infuriating for the customer, overbooking happens because it increases profits
Video examples
Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...
where chances of detection are low and profits from selling endangered wildlife can be extremely high. Oh, this is so strange. Like so many different kinds of incredible animals. I don't even know what some of the fur is. What's this? That's seal fur.
Video examples
How does the stock...
In order to fund their expensive voyages, the company turned to private citizens– individuals who could invest money to support the trip in exchange for a share of the ship’s profits. This practice allowed the company to afford even grander voyages,
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.
Video examples
Bloodwood: Rosewood...
make coffee tables and fancy guitars this is where all gets made in here okay huge demand has attracted criminal syndicates that will go to any lengths to protect their profits as cambodia's timber stocks run out they have moved
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
with regard to how we value them, and we have put so much emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share prices, at the exclusion of all else. It's like we've ripped the humanity out of our companies.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
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Jesus Christ
Leader
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.
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John Milton
English Poet
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Magnus Scheving
Icelander Writer
I've made a profit from everything I have done in life.
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Harper Lee
American Novelist
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.
Quote examples
William Wordsworth
English Poet
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
Quote examples
Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Clergyman
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.
Quote examples
Jesus Christ
Leader
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
Quote examples
Josh Billings
American Comedian
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Quote examples
Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.
Quote examples
John Milton
English Poet
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
Quote examples
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Magnus Scheving
Icelander Writer
I've made a profit from everything I have done in life.
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Harper Lee
American Novelist
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
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