Synonyms and antonyms of Relating to making profit in American Thesaurus

break-even point (noun)

the point at which the total revenue of a business exactly matches the total costs, so that the business is making neither a profit or a loss

commercial (adjective)

relating to making a profit

speculative (adjective)

business done in order to make a big profit, but with a high risk that money will be lost

pay (verb)

if a business pays, it earns money

boom (verb)

economics if a country, region, or industry is booming, it is experiencing a period of economic success, with a lot of trade and business activity

yield (verb)

to make a profit

boom (noun)

economics a sudden major increase in trade, profits, etc. in a particular country or region

speculation (noun)

attempts to make a large profit by buying and selling things such as property or stock

profitability (noun)

the degree to which something is profitable, or the state of being profitable

arbitrage (noun)

the process of buying things, especially currencies or company shares, in one place and selling them in another at the same time for profit

above-the-line (adjective)

above-the-line profit is the profit after tax that a company makes on its ordinary activities

a license to print money ()

a way of making a very large amount of money

asset-stripping (noun)

a way of making a profit in business by selling the valuable parts of a company, usually a company bought for a low price because it is unsuccessful

breakeven (noun)

the point at which a business operation no longer loses money and can begin to make a profit

break even ()

if a person or business breaks even, they neither make a profit nor lose money

bring in ()

to be the reason that someone or something receives a particular amount of money

business is business ()

used for telling someone that people do business to make money and therefore other things, such as people’s feelings, do not matter

cash cow (noun)

a product or business that earns a lot of money, especially when this money is used to pay for something else

cash in ()

to use an opportunity to make a profit or gain an advantage

commercial (adjective)

paying more attention to making profits than to quality

commercialism (noun)

the activities or attitudes of people who think that making a profit is more important than anything else

commercialize (verb)

to develop something so that you can sell it and make a profit

commercialized (adjective)

changed from something enjoyable or important into something that exists to make a profit

commercially (adverb)

in a way that is related to profit

commodify (verb)

to treat something as a commodity to be bought and sold, especially something that has a value which is not just financial

cream off ()

to take a lot of money or profit, especially an unfair amount, in a business deal

cut in (informal)

informal to allow someone to get part of the profits of something

earner (noun)

something that earns money

earn your keep ()

if something earns its keep, it is useful or it produces an income

the goose that lays the golden eggs ()

a person or thing that provides money

lose (verb)

to make less money than you spend or invest

pay for itself ()

if something that you have bought pays for itself, it allows you to save as much money as you paid when you bought it

profit center (noun)

a section or activity of a company that makes a profit on its own

profiteer (verb)

to make large profits by charging high prices for things that people need and cannot get anywhere else

profit from (formal)

formal to make a profit from something

profits warning (noun)

an announcement by a company of lower than expected profits for a particular period

rack up ()

to get a large amount of sales or profits

rake off ()

to take a part of the profits from something, especially in an unfair or dishonest way

rate of return (noun)

the amount of profit that a company makes, expressed as a percentage of the amount they originally invested

ring up ()

to make or lose a particular amount of money in sales, profits, or losses in a period of time

show a profit/loss ()

if a company, project, etc. shows a profit or a loss, it makes a profit or a loss