turn a profit

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To obtain profit from an investment.
idiomatic
To gain money or to gain materially.
broadly, idiomatic

Equivalents

Polskizarabiać

Examples

“The company has not turned a profit from the merger.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

turn a setback into a comeback turn a trick turn about turn again turn against turn an honest penny

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