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as in earnings
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received
after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20
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as in revenue
an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property
found that there was a profit in training dogs for rich people
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Matthew Yglesias, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2024
The bottom line: Tether's market cap is $118 billion, and the company made more profit than BlackRock last year.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
The idea is to shift the burden away from consumers and government — which have to pay to expand and build landfills — to industry, which profits from selling the products in the first place, said State Sen. Josh Newman, a Fullerton Democrat, who wrote the clothing recycling bill.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Conservatives tend to oppose this idea, however, arguing that windfall profits from drugs that hit big are necessary to preserve incentives to invest in R&D efforts.
—Matthew Yglesias, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2024
The bottom line: Tether's market cap is $118 billion, and the company made more profit than BlackRock last year.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
Verb
The appeals court disagreed with book publishers' claims that IA profited off e-books by soliciting donations or earning a small percentage from used books sold through referral links on its site.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
The idea is to shift the burden away from consumers and government — which have to pay to expand and build landfills — to industry, which profits from selling the products in the first place, said State Sen. Josh Newman, a Fullerton Democrat, who wrote the clothing recycling bill.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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