profits
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- noun
- /ˈprɒfɪts/
- Specialized
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beneficios
- Apple, by the way, makes massive profits on their services.
- profits of a billion
- profits: $530 million
If lead costs are doubling but profits are the same, that doesn't work.
- If lead costs are doubling but profits are the same, that doesn't work.
- You simply enjoy the profits in exchange for your capital.
- So we're all fighting for the same profit and that drives valuations up.
- Not a large profit, but a profit.
- I mean, that must have seen profits spike for the gambling companies.
- Well, no, the stockholders didn't give you their profits for you to invest on their behalf.
- If you track your profit every month, guess what will happen?
- We've had people buy profit Centers for nothing.
- They have got to, by law, maximize profits, which like, what?
- It's now well known that sulphur creates profit and great wealth.
Examples
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The thing is that corporate profits are at record highs.
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She decided to reinvest her profits into the business for future growth.
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You have to be making profits and using the profits to sustain the growth.
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A dividend is when we divide profits among owners.
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She says she will split the profits with her family.
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If lead costs are doubling but profits are the same, that doesn't work.
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BY THE WAY, MY AGREEMENT WITH SAM IS THAT HE GETS 25% OF THE PROFITS.
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AND I ASSUME WE'LL SHARE IN THE PROFITS.
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WITH THE PROFITS FROM OUR LAST BAKE SALE WE WILL BE BUYING SHEEPSKIN SEAT COVERS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
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HALF OF ALL THE PROFITS ARE GONNA GO TO REBUILD THE CONEY ISLAND DRUG CLINIC.
Synonyms
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2.0
Money left after you pay all costs and taxes
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2.3
Money people or companies get from work, business, and investments
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3.7
Money earned from an investment or business
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The amount left after costs and taxes are taken away
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Money earned from an activity, especially sales
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3.0
Money a person or business keeps after paying costs and taxes
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Money left after paying all costs, taxes, and other charges
Antonyms
How Profitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Profits comes from the Latin proficere, made of pro- 'forward' and ficere 'to make', and it meant 'to make progress'. So profits are the gains that move a business forward — the money left after you pay all costs.