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profit
noun
- 1. The money gained from selling something for more than it originally cost.
2. An excess of income over expenses.
- Thesaurus: gain, yield, proceeds, earnings, revenue, receipts, surplus, benefit, interest, winnings, takings, returns, percentage; Antonym: loss.
- Thesaurus: advantage, return, gain, help; Antonym: disadvantage, setback.
- intr
profited, profiting
1. To benefit from it.
- Thesaurus: gain, benefit, better, improve, help, advance, aid, avail, line one's pockets, promote, contribute, serve, advantage; Antonym: harm, hinder.
- Form: profit from something (often)
- Form: profit by something
