A profit is money you make, as opposed to money you lose. Also, anything good profits you it benefits you.
Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument;
Noun
the advantageous quality of being beneficial
Noun
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Verb
make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"
Verb
derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
n.
Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received
for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in
any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of
goods.
n.
Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences;
benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of 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.
v. i.
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to
gain; to advance.
v. i.
To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
Profit
Let no man anticipate uncertain profits.2.
This I speak for your own profit.
If you dare do yourself a profit and a right.
Profit
The word preached did not profit them.
It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
Profit
I profit not by thy talk.2.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath.
Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument;
To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid;
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
Usage Examples
A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.
Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.
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.
How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.
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Other Usage ExamplesFor it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
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