net profit
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3.2
- noun
- /nɛt ˈprɒfɪt/
- Specialized
:
beneficio neto
- The company reported a net profit of $2 million after deducting all expenses and taxes.
- maximize net profit
They make great ethical wine and they donate the net profits to charity.
- They make great ethical wine and they donate the net profits to charity.
- One of my obsessions beyond you taking more listings, beyond you making more money, more net profit.
- And at the end of that is net profit, which is how much do I get to keep?
- My income minus his lawn mowers I tore up equals net profit.
- And, and, and, you know, net profits for some of those guys is in the billions of dollars.
- Well, when you get a certain amount of EBITDA together, so that's your, your money after everything, that's your net profit.
Examples
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The net profit would be small, of course, but she needed just enough to live alone modestly.
Fiction book (1996) -
By 1945, the league claimed gross profits of $800,000 and a net profit of $400,000.
Academic text (1994) -
So at times our sales have been brilliant and our net profit has not been brilliant.
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And at the end of that is net profit, which is how much do I get to keep?
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Businesses only pay federal income taxes if they show a net profit.
Blog text (25) -
Which gives us a net profit of $14.50.
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They make great ethical wine and they donate the net profits to charity.
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Apple reported total revenue of $156.5 billion and net profit of $41.7 billion for fiscal 2012, both company records.
Blog text (1) -
In 1997, Russia's top ten companies accounted for 57 percent of the country's total net profits.
Academic text (2002) -
Good old Chipzilla managed to wrangle $13.5 billion in revenues with a net profit of $3 billion.
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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
216
5.6
The amount left after costs and taxes are taken away
215
7.0
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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2.3
Money left after paying all costs and taxes
Antonyms
- Specialized
3
3.2
The money left from sales after taking away the cost to make goods, before other costs like rent or taxes
How Much Profit
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5.1
- Specialized
6
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'net' (after deductions) modifies 'profit' to yield 'profit remaining after expenses and taxes'. This is a standard noun + modifier pattern found across languages and in everyday financial contexts, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Net profit uses the picture of a net that keeps the good catch while letting unwanted bits fall away. After costs and taxes fall away, the money 'left' in the net is the company's profit, so net profit means the money that remains after all expenses.