PROFITEERING

Verb

profiteering

present participle of profiteer

Noun

profiteering (usually uncountable, plural profiteerings)

The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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