profit
noun
[ ˈprɒfɪt ]
• a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
• "record pre-tax profits"
Similar:
financial gain,
gain,
return(s),
payback,
dividend,
interest,
yield,
surplus,
excess,
gross profit,
net profit,
operating profit,
take,
killing,
pay dirt,
bottom line,
bunce,
• advantage; benefit.
• "there's no profit in screaming at referees from the bench"
Similar:
advantage,
benefit,
value,
use,
gain,
good,
avail,
worth,
usefulness,
mileage,
percentage,
behoof,
profit
verb
• obtain a financial advantage or benefit.
• "the only people to profit from the episode were the lawyers"
Similar:
make money,
make a killing,
make a profit,
rake it in,
clean up,
make a packet,
make a bundle,
line one's pockets,
make big bucks,
make a fast/quick buck,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘advantage, benefit’): from Old French, from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’. The verb is from Old French profiter .
at a profit
• making more money than is spent buying, operating, or producing something.
• "doing up houses and selling them at a profit"
