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Definition profit in British English

profit noun

noun
/ˈprɒfɪt/

▪ achieve, earn, generate, make, post, reap, report, show, turn, yield

1

money that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. Your total profit before you pay tax is called gross profit, and the amount that remains after you have paid tax on this is called net profit

Example

Profits rose 31% to £144 million.

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Investors have made a 14% profit in just 3 months.

Example

The profit on that deal was £21 million.

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All the profits from the sales of the CD will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Example

They were buying securities and reselling them at a profit.

Example

the practice of killing whales for profit

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2

the advantage that you get from a situation

Example

No profit lay in that line of thinking.

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Definition profit in British English