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The definition of profit
6 Definitions of: profit
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- noun, excess of revenues over outlays and expenses in a business enterprise over a given period of time, usually a year
- noun, the monetary gain derived from a transaction
- noun, a) income derived from property or an investment, as contrasted with capital gains b) the ratio of this income to the investment or principal
- noun, economics a) the income or reward accruing to a successful entrepreneur and held to be the motivating factor of all economic activity in a capitalist economy b) (as modifier)
- noun, a gain, benefit, or advantage
- verb, to gain or cause to gain profit
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| Synonyms: | use, earnings, winning, return, revenue, gain, boot (dialect), yield, proceeds, percentage (informal) | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | loss, disadvantage |
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