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to profit

to profit

140 3.2
To get an advantage from something
  • verb
  • /ˈprɒfɪt/
translation icon : beneficiarse de
  • 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?

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Examples

  • 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.

  • You see, if you know more than I do, then I shall profit by your knowledge.

  • 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 gain
vsto profit
1.4

To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills

is used more widely to include financial and other advantages
to earn
vsto profit
780 1.0

To get money for work you do or from a business

is broader, also covering non-money advantages as well as income
to benefit
vsto profit
676 2.3

To help someone or be helped by something

is broader, covering any advantage including financial ones
to make money
vsto profit
477 1.2

To get money by working or running a business

is wider, covering any advantage not only income
to pay off
vsto profit
229 3.4

Bring a reward after hard work

is more general, meaning getting an advantage including money
to make a killing
vsto profit
  • Informal
21 4.9

To earn a lot of money very quickly and easily

is broader, covering ordinary advantages not only sudden large earnings
to turn a profit
vsto profit
19 3.2

To earn more money than you spend running a business or project

is broader, covering advantages beyond business finances
to net
vsto profit
9 3.5

To get money after paying costs and taxes

is broader, not limited to after expenses or money only
to turn a nice penny
vsto profit
  • UK
7.2

Make good money from a business or activity

is more general, including non-financial advantages as well
to turn a nice dollar
vsto profit
  • Informal
7.8

Make a good amount of money from business or sales

is broader, including any advantage beyond monetary return

Antonyms

1.0

Become lower in value or quality

Phrasal Verbs

To earn more money than you spend running a business or project

Compounds

profit margin
  • Specialized
42 3.6

Difference between the cost to make or buy something and its selling price shown as a percent

An organization that does not aim to make money and helps the community

net profit
  • Specialized
6 3.2

Money left after paying all costs, taxes, and other charges

profit sharing
  • Specialized
5 3.0

A plan where workers get part of a company's earnings as extra pay

A large unexpected gain of money from an event you cannot control

gross profit
  • Specialized
3 3.2

The money left from sales after taking away the cost to make goods, before other costs like rent or taxes

3 3.4

A record that shows a company's income, costs, and net profit or loss

A report that shows how much money a company made and spent during a period

profit-maximizing
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Trying to make as much money as possible

paper profit
  • Specialized
1 5.1

An increase in how much an investment is worth before you sell it

margin of profit
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The percent of sales that remains as money after paying costs

gross profit margin
  • Specialized
1 4.1

The amount of money a company keeps from sales after paying for goods, shown as a percent of sales

profit taker
  • Jargon
1 6.0

A person who sells shares or investments to make money from a price rise

A report made at the end of a business year that shows its profit or loss

9.9

People who write biased news stories to get money

How Profitable

to cash in
21 3.7
to profit
140 3.2
to benefit
676 2.3

Surface Forms

profit infinitive
profited past
profited past participle
profiting present participle
profits third person singular

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.