profit
English edit
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- ꝓfit (abbreviation, obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (Modern French profit), from Latin prōfectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficiō (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”). Doublet of profect.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: prŏfʹit, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒfɪt/
- (General American) enPR: prŏfʹit, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑfɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: prophet
- Rhymes: -ɒfɪt
- Hyphenation: prof‧it
Noun edit
profit (countable and uncountable, plural profits)
- (accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- 1750 Oct. 2, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler:
- Let no man anticipate uncertain profits.
- 1935, Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, page 1 & 7:
- War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives... Of course, it isn't put that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country, and "we must all put our shoulders to the wheel," but the profits jump and leap and skyrocket—and are safely pocketed.
- 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
- The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
- 1750 Oct. 2, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler:
- (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
- Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians vii:35:
- This I speak for your own profit.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- if you dare do yourself a profit and a right
- (property law) Ellipsis of profit à prendre.
Usage notes edit
Regarding the income sense, when the difference is negative, the term loss is preferred. Negative profit does appear in microeconomics. Profit by a government agency is called a surplus.
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Verb edit
profit (third-person singular simple present profits, present participle profiting, simple past and past participle profited)
- (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 4:2:
- The word preached did not profit them.
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
- It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently those excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
- (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
- (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
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Further reading edit
- “profit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “profit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Catalan edit
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Noun edit
profit m (plural profits)
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- “profit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “profit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “profit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “profit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French profit, from Latin prōfectus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
profit m (plural profits)
- profit, benefit
- Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances.
- He managed to take advantage of his knowledge.
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- “profit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Profit.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
profit (plural profitok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | profit | profitok |
accusative | profitot | profitokat |
dative | profitnak | profitoknak |
instrumental | profittal | profitokkal |
causal-final | profitért | profitokért |
translative | profittá | profitokká |
terminative | profitig | profitokig |
essive-formal | profitként | profitokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | profitban | profitokban |
superessive | profiton | profitokon |
adessive | profitnál | profitoknál |
illative | profitba | profitokba |
sublative | profitra | profitokra |
allative | profithoz | profitokhoz |
elative | profitból | profitokból |
delative | profitról | profitokról |
ablative | profittól | profitoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
profité | profitoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
profitéi | profitokéi |
Possessive forms of profit | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | profitom | profitjaim |
2nd person sing. | profitod | profitjaid |
3rd person sing. | profitja | profitjai |
1st person plural | profitunk | profitjaink |
2nd person plural | profitotok | profitjaitok |
3rd person plural | profitjuk | profitjaik |
References edit
- ^ profit in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- profit in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French profit, from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”).
Noun edit
profit m (plural profits)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French profit.[1][2]
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profit m inan
- (literary, accounting, economics) profit (money acquired)
- (literary) profit (benefit, positive result obtained)
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- ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “profit”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “profit”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading edit
- profit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- profit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “profit”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “profit”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “profit”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1009
- profit in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Romanian edit
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Noun edit
profit n (plural profituri)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) profit | profitul | (niște) profituri | profiturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) profit | profitului | (unor) profituri | profiturilor |
vocative | profitule | profiturilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
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pròfīt m (Cyrillic spelling про̀фӣт)
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish profit, from French profit, from Latin prōficere. Attested since 1487.
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profit c
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Declension of profit | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | profit | profiten | profiter | profiterna |
Genitive | profits | profitens | profiters | profiternas |
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