Profit

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  Benefit, positive result obtained.
 * Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
 * 1)  In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).

Synonyms

 * gain

Antonyms

 * loss

Verb

 * 1)  To benefit (sb), be of use to (sb).
 * 2)  To benefit, gain.
 * 3)  To take advantage of, exploit, use.

Adjectives for Profit
generous; quick; sensational; large; cash; clear; general; liberal; tremendous; amazing; steady; spot-cash; repeated; enormous; real; old-fashioned; staggering; unlimited; startling; additional; volume; big; daily; handsome; easy; distributed; potential; competitive; personal; substantial; immense; mutual; divided; moderate; reinvested; small; healthy;  material;   extortionate; sharp; singular; prospective; present; estimated; inconceivable; colossal; immediate; slender; honest; regular; individual; speculative; utmost; increasing; absolute; illicit; pecuniary; monetary; usurious; abnormal.

Verbs for Profit
account for—; amass—; ascertain—; assure of—; consume—; create—; derive—from; eat—; educe—; eliminate—; evolve—; net —; pocket—; preclude—; reap—; retain—; spell—; squeeze—; swell—; —accrues; — booms; —evaporates; —lures; —material¬izes; —piles up; —s rise; —shoots from.

Adverbs for Profit
sensationally; liberally; enormously; potentially; competitively; personally; moderately; materially; colossally; pecuniarily; usuriously; abnormally.

Thesaurus
advance, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, aid, answer, appropriateness, avail, avails, bait, be handy, be of use, be right, befit, befitting, behalf, behoof, beneficialness, benefit, benison, bestead, blessing, boon, box office, break no bones, bribe, capital gains, capitalize on, carrot, cash in on, clean up, cleaning, cleanup, clear, clear profit, coin money, commercialize, commissions, convenience, credit, credits, decency, desirability, disposable income, dividend, dividends, do, do good, do no harm, do the trick, earn, earned income, earnings, encouragement, excess, expedience, expediency, exploit, favor, feasibility, fill the bill, fillip, filthy lucre, fit, fitness, fittingness, forward, fruitfulness, further, gain, gain by, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gettings, give good returns, gleanings, good, gravy, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, help, hoard, improve, incentive, incitement, income, inducement, intake, interest, invitation, killing, lucre, lure, make, make a killing, make money, make money by, makings, maximize, neat profit, net, net income, net profit, net receipts, not come amiss, opportuneness, output, paper profits, pay, pay off, payment, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, persuasive, pickings, point, politicness, proceeds, produce, product, production, profitability, profits, promote, propriety, provocation, prudence, rake-off, realize, realize on, receipt, receipts, receivables, return, returns, revenue, reward, rightness, royalties, seasonableness, seemliness, serve, serve the purpose, service, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, store, suffice, suit the occasion, suitability, surplus, sweetener, sweetening, take, take advantage of, take-in, takings, timeliness, turn a penny, turn to account, turn to profit, turnout, unearned income, use, usefulness, utilize, value, wealth, welfare, well-being, whet, winnings, wisdom, work, work for, world of good, worth, worthwhileness, yield, yield a profit

Etymology
From profit: <  profit: (French: profit:). < profectus: < proficere:; see proficient.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: prophet
 * Homophones: prophet
 * Homophones: prophet

Noun

 * Arabic: ربح, مكسب, فائدة, نفع
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 贏利, 赢利, ,  ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: viɖe
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: फ़ायदा / फ़ाइदा
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean: 이익 (利益)
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: заработка, добивка,
 * Persian: فایده
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: прибыль, выгода,,  нажива,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, prothaid
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, förtjänst
 * Tamil: labam
 * Telugu: లాభము (laabhamu)
 * Urdu: فایدہ / فائدہ
 * Vietnamese: lợi ích (利益), lợi

Verb

 * Finnish: hyödyttää (+ partitive), olla hyödyksi (+ allative)


 * Greek: ευεργετώ
 * Macedonian: користи
 * Romanian: profit, profituri


 * Finnish: hyötyä (+ elative), olla hyödyksi (+ allative)
 * Greek: ,


 * Macedonian: искористува, ќарува
 * Romanian: profita, beneficia


 * Finnish: käyttää hyväkseen
 * Greek:


 * Macedonian: искористува
 * Spanish:


 * : verdienen, winst maken, profiteren
 * : profiter
 * : profitieren
 * : profittare
 * : lucrar


 * : câştiga, profita
 * : beneficiarse
 * : లబ్ది పొందు (labdi poMdu)
 * : kar

Derived terms

 * book profit
 * for-profit
 * nonprofit
 * not-for-profit
 * paper profit
 * profit from
 * profitable
 * profitably
 * profiteer
 * profit margin
 * profit sharing
 * profit taking

Related terms

 * proficiency
 * proficient

Noun

 * 1) profit, benefit
 * Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances.
 * He managed to take advantage of his knowledge.

Etymology
From profectus.

Noun

 * 1) profit