'Profit' definitions:
Definition of 'profit'
From: WordNet
noun
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings]
noun
The advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit, gain]
verb
verb
Make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger" [syn: profit, turn a profit] [ant: break even, lose, turn a loss]
Definition of 'Profit'
From: GCIDE
- Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profited; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiting.] [F. profiter. See Profit, n.] To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men. [1913 Webster]
- The word preached did not profit them. --Heb. iv. 2. [1913 Webster]
- It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Profit'
From: GCIDE
- Profit \Prof"it\, v. i.
- 1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. [1913 Webster]
- I profit not by thy talk. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. [1913 Webster]
- Riches profit not in the day of wrath. --Prov. xi. 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Profit'
From: GCIDE
- Profit \Pro"fit\, n. [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress, profit, fr. profectum. See Proficient.]
- 1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods. [1913 Webster]
- Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, [1913 Webster]
- This I speak for your own profit. --1 Cor. vii. 35. [1913 Webster]
- If you dare do yourself a profit and a right. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain; emolument. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'profit'
From: GCIDE
- Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. i.
- 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel. [1913 Webster]
- The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact. [1913 Webster]
- Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue. [1913 Webster]
- If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage. --Wake. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road. [1913 Webster]
- Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii. 12. [1913 Webster]
- Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek. xxxiii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Muslim. [1913 Webster]
- I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc. [1913 Webster] (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain. [1913 Webster]
- I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach. [1913 Webster] (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales. [1913 Webster] (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide. [1913 Webster] (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. [1913 Webster]
- To turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around.
- To turn again, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.
- To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.
- To turn aside or To turn away. (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate. (b) To depart; to remove. (c) To avert one's face.
- To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction; to retrace one's steps.
- To turn in. (a) To bend inward. (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment. (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]
- To turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a side street.
- To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as, the road turns off to the left.
- To turn on or To turn upon. (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger. (b) To reply to or retort. (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.
- To turn out. (a) To move from its place, as a bone. (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out. (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.] (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to the fire. (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the crops turned out poorly.
- To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble.
- To turn round. (a) To change position so as to face in another direction. (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or party to another.
- To turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to refer to. "Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all occasions." --Locke.
- To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while.
- To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.
- To turn up. (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward. (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur; to happen. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'profit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- advantage,
- advantageousness,
- advisability,
- aid,
- answer,
- appropriateness,
- avail,
- avails,
- bait,
- be handy,
- be of use,
- be right,
- befit,
- befitting,
- behalf,
- behoof,
- beneficialness,
- benefit,
- benison,
- bestead,
- blessing,
- boon,
- box office,
- break no bones,
- bribe,
- capital gains,
- capitalize on,
- carrot,
- cash in on,
- clean up,
- cleaning,
- cleanup,
- clear,
- clear profit,
- coin money,
- commercialize,
- commissions,
- convenience,
- credit,
- credits,
- decency,
- desirability,
- disposable income,
- dividend,
- dividends,
- do,
- do good,
- do no harm,
- do the trick,
- earn,
- earned income,
- earnings,
- encouragement,
- excess,
- expedience,
- expediency,
- exploit,
- favor,
- feasibility,
- fill the bill,
- fillip,
- filthy lucre,
- fit,
- fitness,
- fittingness,
- forward,
- fruitfulness,
- further,
- gain,
- gain by,
- gains,
- gate,
- gate receipts,
- get,
- gettings,
- give good returns,
- gleanings,
- good,
- gravy,
- gross,
- gross income,
- gross profit,
- gross receipts,
- help,
- hoard,
- improve,
- incentive,
- incitement,
- income,
- inducement,
- intake,
- interest,
- invitation,
- killing,
- lucre,
- lure,
- make,
- make a killing,
- make money,
- make money by,
- makings,
- maximize,
- neat profit,
- net,
- net income,
- net profit,
- net receipts,
- not come amiss,
- opportuneness,
- output,
- paper profits,
- pay,
- pay off,
- payment,
- pelf,
- percentage,
- perk,
- perks,
- perquisite,
- persuasive,
- pickings,
- point,
- politicness,
- proceeds,
- produce,
- product,
- production,
- profitability,
- profits,
- promote,
- propriety,
- provocation,
- prudence,
- rake-off,
- realize,
- realize on,
- receipt,
- receipts,
- receivables,
- return,
- returns,
- revenue,
- reward,
- rightness,
- royalties,
- seasonableness,
- seemliness,
- serve,
- serve the purpose,
- service,
- stimulation,
- stimulative,
- stimulus,
- store,
- suffice,
- suit the occasion,
- suitability,
- surplus,
- sweetener,
- sweetening,
- take,
- take advantage of,
- take-in,
- takings,
- timeliness,
- turn a penny,
- turn to account,
- turn to profit,
- turnout,
- unearned income,
- use,
- usefulness,
- utilize,
- value,
- wealth,
- welfare,
- well-being,
- whet,
- winnings,
- wisdom,
- work,
- work for,
- world of good,
- worth,
- worthwhileness,
- yield,
- yield a profit
Words containing 'Profit'
- Profitable,
- Profitableness,
- Profitably,
- Profited,
- Profiting,
- profit by,
- profitability,
- profiteer,
- profits,
- Mesne profits,
- To turn to profit,
- Violent profits,
- gross profit,
- margin of profit,
- net profit,
- not-for-profit,
- paper profit,
- paper profits,
- profit and loss,
- profit margin,
- profit sharing,
- profit taker,
- turn a profit,
- windfall profit,
- gross profit margin,
- profit and loss account,
- profit-maximising,
- profit-maximizing,
- non-profit-making,
- profit-and-loss statement,
- nonprofit non-profit-making