to profit
- verb
- /ˈprɒfɪt/
- So transactions in which both sides profit, that's the basis of business.
- opportunity to profit
- ability to profit
- profit from learning
So why shouldn't I profit off my labor too?
- So why shouldn't I profit off my labor too?
- This is a risky trading strategy that seeks to profit from a price decline.
- So learning how to profit out of a out of a bust.
- You can't expect to routinely profit from information that's already out there.
- Because the gun industry has lobbyists and they all profit off the death of children.
- But if you are profiting from my work, I want to fight you.
- They're still, they're still profiting from the company.
- We're actually already profiting from it, but I don't kid myself.
- The banker could profit by charging interest rates on these loans.
- That seems like a skill that maybe you could profit off.
- It's not just to profit, it's to but I think it's too early.
- Well, like I said, I think it's because they're they're profiting off of.
Examples
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Even U.S. companies, which hope to profit from India's military market, are reticent about sharing their prize technologies.
Academic text (2011) -
Even when a market does not perform well, some special interests will profit from its unregulated state.
Academic text (2017) -
I trust he will profit by it.
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You see, if you know more than I do, then I shall profit by your knowledge.
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As studies, though, they are out of place and difficult to profit from directly.
Academic text (2011) -
No one has the right to appropriate them or profit from them at the expense of others.
Fiction book (1990) -
In this effort, we can certainly profit from knowing more about Project 2061.
Academic text (1992) -
Postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students can all contribute to and profit from the experience.
Academic text (2013) -
Given the trend towards more fuel-efficient cars, GM must show it can profit from smaller models.
Academic text (2011) -
She hopes to profit from the new training program at work.
Synonyms
To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills
To get money for work you do or from a business
To help someone or be helped by something
To get money by working or running a business
Bring a reward after hard work
To earn a lot of money very quickly and easily
To earn more money than you spend running a business or project
To get money after paying costs and taxes
Make good money from a business or activity
Make a good amount of money from business or sales
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
Difference between the cost to make or buy something and its selling price shown as a percent
- Specialized
The money left from sales after taking away the cost to make goods, before other costs like rent or taxes
A report that shows how much money a company made and spent during a period
- Specialized
The amount of money a company keeps from sales after paying for goods, shown as a percent of sales
A report made at the end of a business year that shows its profit or loss
How Profitable
Surface Forms
Etymology
To profit (verb) comes from the same Latin parts pro- 'forward' and facere 'to make', so it originally meant 'to gain' or 'get ahead'. So to profit from something is to get an advantage or benefit from it.