Definitions for profit

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profit prof·it

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IPA: /ˈprɒf ɪt/

Profit is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in profit (fioprt).

Definitions for profit

noun

1. Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
2. the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials, etc.:
3. advantage; benefit; gain.

verb (used with object)

1. to be of advantage or profit to:

verb (used without object)

1. to gain an advantage or benefit:
2. to make a profit.
3. to take advantage:
4. to be of service or benefit.
5. to make progress.

Origin of profit

1250-1300; (noun) Middle English Middle French Latin prōfectus progress, profit, equivalent to prō- pro-¹ + -fec-, combining form of facere to make,

Examples for profit

We felt, dimly, as if we had had a "warning," and did not yet know how to profit by it.

Marx forecast that the profit motive would lead to overworking and exhausting the fertility of our soil and other natural systems.

That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

Barry must die; but what shall I profit by killing him if I kill this woman also?

Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.

The profit of the master is the great end of the slave's existence.

For God's sake let us profit by this advantage, and increase our distance from the enemy.

She is using this technique, which generations of African-Americans have used for survival, for fame and profit.

Last year, Jet Blue made a profit of $168 million, $40 million more than the previous year.

They have to fill every seat—in most cases the profit comes in only the final three rows of seats.