profit, gain
(noun) the advantageous quality of being beneficial
profit, turn a profit
(verb) make a profit; gain money or materially; “The company has not profited from the merger”
profit, gain, benefit
(verb) derive a benefit from; “She profited from his vast experience”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
(legal) 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).
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.
• gain
• loss
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).
(intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
(intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pro"fit, n. Etym: [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. Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. Rambler.
2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, This I speak for your own profit. 1 Cor. vii. 35. If you dare do yourself a profit and a right. Shak.
Syn.
– Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain; emolument.
Prof"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profited; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiting.] Etym: [F. profiter. See Profit, n.]
Definition: 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. The word preached did not profit them. Heb. iv. 2. It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs. Dryden.
Prof"it, v. i.
1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. I profit not by thy talk. Shak.
2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Prov. xi. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
