profit

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (French: profit)., from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”); see proficient.

Pronunciation

Noun

profit (plural profits)

  1. 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.
  2. (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
    Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
  3. (law) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).

Usage notes

Regarding the income sense, when the difference is negative the term loss is correct. Negative profit does appear in microeconomics. Profit by a government agency is called a surplus.

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benefit

Verb

profit (third-person singular simple present profits, present participle profiting, simple past and past participle profited)

  1. (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
    • Bible, Hebrews iv. 2
      The word preached did not profit them.
    • Dryden
      It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
  2. (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
  3. (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.

Translations

To benefit, be of use to
To benefit, gain
To take advantage of, exploit, use
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French

Etymology

From Latin profectus.

Pronunciation

Noun

profit m (plural profits)

  1. profit, benefit
    Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances.
    He managed to take advantage of his knowledge.
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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French profit, from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”).

Noun

profit m (plural profits)

  1. profit
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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /prǒfiːt/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fit

Noun

pròfīt m (Cyrillic spelling про̀фӣт)

  1. profit

Declension

    declension of profit
singular plural
nominative pròfīt profiti
genitive profíta profita
dative profitu profitima
accusative profit profite
vocative profite profiti
locative profitu profitima
instrumental profitom profitima
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