profit
Definitions
- A surname.
- profit, gain, earnings
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price
- Benefit, positive result obtained.
- Benefit, positive result obtained
- Ellipsis of profit à prendre
- Ellipsis of profit à prendre.
- To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody)
- To benefit, gain
Equivalents
Examples
“Let⟳ no man anticipate uncertain profits.”
“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives... Of course, it isn't put⟳ that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love⟳ of country, and "we must all put⟳ our shoulders to the wheel," but the profits jump⟳ and leap⟳ and skyrocket—and are safely pocketed.”
“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve⟳ of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make⟳ it easy for all sorts of firms to generate⟳ […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate⟳ the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.”
“After the pandemic, MLG lost a lot of its viewership and profits which led it to close⟳. The MLG Twitter account is no longer active and the mlg.com website directs to Battlenet instead of its old website.”
“Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.”
“This I speak⟳ for your own⟳ profit.”
“if you dare do yourself a profit and a right”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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