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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 884 COCA: 1704

profit
1 profit /ˈprɑːfət/ noun
plural profits
1 profit
/ˈprɑːfət/
noun
plural profits
Learner's definition of PROFIT
1 
: money that is made in a business, through investing, etc., after all the costs and expenses are paid : a financial gain利润；收益；利得
[count]
[noncount]
— opposite loss
2 
[noncount] formal : the advantage or benefit that is gained from doing something好处；利益；裨益
2 profit /ˈprɑːfət/ verb
profits; profited; profiting
2 profit
/ˈprɑːfət/
verb
profits; profited; profiting
Learner's definition of PROFIT
1 
a  [no object] : to get an advantage or benefit from something获益；得到好处 — often + by or from
b  [+ object] : to be an advantage to (someone) : to help (someone)对…有益；对…有帮助
2 
[no object] : to earn or get money by or from something赢利；获利
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 884 COCA: 1704

profit

1 of 2

noun

prof·​it ˈprä-fət How to pronounce profit (audio)
often attributive
1
: a valuable return : gain
2
: the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or series of transactions
especially : the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost
3
: net income usually for a given period of time
4
: the ratio of profit for a given year to the amount of capital invested or to the value of sales
5
: the compensation accruing to entrepreneurs for the assumption of risk in business enterprise as distinguished from wages or rent
profitless
ˈprä-fət-ləs How to pronounce profit (audio)
adjective
profitwise
ˈprä-fət-ˌwīz How to pronounce profit (audio)
adverb

profit

2 of 2

verb

profited; profiting; profits

intransitive verb

1
: to be of service or advantage : avail
2
: to derive benefit : gain
3
: to make a profit

transitive verb

: to be of service to : benefit

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun The company made a profit this year. Profits are up from last year. There was a rise in profits this year. The profits from CD sales were donated to charity. The organization is not run for profit. The film made $1,000,000 in profit. The book can be read with profit by anyone who wants to understand how the system works. Verb It would profit him to take some computer classes. The company has profited by selling its products online. He profited greatly from his investments. The island profits from tourism. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The Lottery projects the XL Center venue will turn a profit. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022 The Crown Estate earned a profit of $311 million in its most recent fiscal year, which means about $47 million was provided to the royal family. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 Everything that happens inside these spaces is calibrated to generate a profit. Sarah Leonard, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 But many of the projects never got off the ground or didn’t turn a profit. Jason Douglas, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Kim Kardashian has proved to be quite effective at using her following to turn a profit. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 Doing the latter could net the player a sizable profit on top of the $150 bonus. Xl Media, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 Black Friday described the day stores began to turn a profit for the year and what would become the biggest shopping day in the United States. Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping, 7 Sep. 2022 Chevron booked a profit of $11.6 billion, while Shell earned $11.5 billion. Lauren Kent, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
Verb
The British government approved the sale last week after ensuring that Abramovich could not profit from it. Steve Douglas, ajc, 30 May 2022 That means Airbnb will not profit from these bookings. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2022 Other segments of the music community have looked at ways to cut ties with or at least not profit from Russia during the crisis. Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2022 In Southeast Asia, businesses and government agencies made major investments to prepare for and profit off these visitors. Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 That fact is a big selling point for investors looking to profit off the financially vulnerable. Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 Not only were many of those colleges and universities built on Indigenous lands, but their endowments were partly funded by them -- and some institutions continue to profit off those lands to this day, High Country News reported. Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 29 June 2022 Over the years the system has been exploited by people who have set up fake companies and bogus schools in schemes to profit off students seeking visas. NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022 More than 50,000 student-athletes will be able to profit off their NIL (name, image and likeness) because of a new network Adidas is enabling. oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin profectus advance, profit, from proficere

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of profit was in the 14th century

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 884 COCA: 1704
profit

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PROFIT | PROFIT + VERB | PROFIT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, decent, enormous, fat, good, greater, handsome, healthy, hefty, high, huge, large, massive, maximum, record, strong, substantial, tidy巨額的利潤；可觀的利潤；不錯的利潤；巨大的利潤；豐厚的利潤；最大化的利潤；創紀錄的利潤；穩固的利潤➤increasing, rising不斷增加的／上升的利潤➤obscene骯髒的利潤◇At whose expense are those obscene profits made?那些骯髒的利潤是從誰那裏賺取的？➤low, modest, reasonable, small薄利；微利◇They closed down after years of low profits.他們數年來獲利微薄，終致倒閉。➤declining, falling減少的／下降的利潤➤overall, total總利潤➤average, steady平均的／穩定的利潤◇a commodity that produced steady profits一種產生穩定利潤的商品➤additional, excess, extra額外的利潤；超額的利潤▸➤lost, unrealized虧損的／未實現的利潤◇Damaged goods mean lost profit.商品有損毀意味着利潤受損。➤quick迅速獲得的利潤◇He's only interested in making a quick profit.他只對賺快錢感興趣。➤pure純利潤◇$700 million of almost pure profit幾乎 7 億美元的純利潤➤expected預期利潤◇The expected profits have not materialized.沒有實現預期的利潤。➤potential潛在利潤◇the potential profits from insider trading內部交易的潛在利潤➤future未來盈利▸➤gross, pre-tax (especially BrE) 毛利；稅前收益▸➤after-tax, clear, net, post-tax (especially BrE) 稅後收益；純利▸➤taxable應納稅的利潤➤reported報告利潤▸➤interim, short-term中期／短期利潤▸➤annual, quarterly年利潤；季利潤◇an annual profit of £50 0005 萬英鎊的年利潤➤first-quarter, full-year, half-year, second-quarter, etc.第一季度、全年、半年、第二季度等的利潤▸➤corporate, group公司／集團收益▸➤operating, trading經營／貿易利潤➤personal個人收益◇Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000.雅各布實現了 24 萬美元的個人收益。VERB + PROFIT➤bring, bring in, deliver, earn, generate, make, produce, realize, reap, return, turn, yield產生利潤；獲利◇The CD generated record profits.這張光盤賺得的利潤創了紀錄。➤boost, increase提高利潤➤double使利潤翻番▸➤maximize使收益最大化▸➤post, report公佈／報告利潤◇The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million.該公司公佈的第二季度利潤為 5.7 億美元。➤show顯示出盈利◇The company started to show a profit in its first year.公司在第一年就開始盈利。➤take獲取利潤◇Investors will take the profits.投資者會獲取利潤。➤guarantee保證利潤➤share, split分享／分割利潤PROFIT + VERB➤climb, grow, increase, jump, rise, soar, surge利潤上漲／增長／增加／猛增／提高／高漲／急增◇Profits surged 41% to £13 million.利潤猛增 41%，達到 1,300 萬英鎊。➤decline, drop, fall, plummet, plunge利潤減少／下降／回落／急速下降／猛降▸➤accrue, arise利潤產生◇profits accruing to the taxpayer from the sale of property銷售房產給納稅人帶來的收益PROFIT + NOUN➤margin, rate利潤率➤sharing利潤分享➤motive利潤驅動力◇the pharmaceutical companies' profit motive製藥公司的利潤驅動力➤maximization利潤最大化◇We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization.我們將繼續執行利潤最大化的戰略。➤centre/center利潤中心◇The interest paid on credit-card bills has become the largest profit centre / center for banks.信用卡賬單支付的利息已成為銀行最大的利潤來源。PREPOSITION➤against profits與收益相對◇The company made losses of $500 000 against profits of $750 000.這家公司損失了 50 萬美元，收益 75 萬美元。➤at a profit有盈利◇We should be able to sell the piano at a profit.賣掉這架鋼琴，我們應該能賺錢。➤for profit為了獲利◇The goods were sold for profit.這些商品的出售是為了獲利。➤profit from來自⋯的收益◇profits from property investments來自不動產投資的利潤➤profit on從⋯獲利◇Did you make a profit on your house when you sold it?你賣掉房子時賺錢了嗎？PHRASES➤a decline in profits, a fall in profits利潤的下滑➤an increase in profits, a rise in profits利潤的上升▸➤profit after tax, profit before tax稅後／稅前利潤◇Profit before tax increased by 40% on last year.稅前利潤比去年增加了 40%。  ➡ note at per cent (for more verbs)  ➡ topic at business

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