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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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Recent Examples of profit
Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
In the lawsuit, Heyer is asking for Roblox’s profits off the dance — estimated in the lawsuit to be $123,000 — and other damages.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
But that all changed in 2021 when the NCAA rescinded its longstanding rule that prevented players from profiting off their name, image and likeness.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
On Friday, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, got a reprieve from Trump’s tariffs on China, which would have just about killed Apple’s iPhone profits.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
In the lawsuit, Heyer is asking for Roblox’s profits off the dance — estimated in the lawsuit to be $123,000 — and other damages.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Whether to promote their political aims or simply to enrich themselves at humanity’s expense, there will always be those ready to profit from conflict and human suffering.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
But that all changed in 2021 when the NCAA rescinded its longstanding rule that prevented players from profiting off their name, image and likeness.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profit
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Meta, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, earned over $164 billion in revenue in 2024.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Today, about half of the Americans getting Social Security benefits pay some federal income taxes on that income, contributing revenue that helps finance the program as a whole.—
Dennis W. Jansen,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Meta has argued in court papers that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users, and that Zuckerberg's past statements are no longer relevant amid fierce competition from ByteDance's TikTok, Google's YouTube and Apple's messaging app.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Prominent Democrats have increasingly called for an investigation into whether members of the Trump administration and Congress benefited from insider trading shortly before President Donald Trump announced a pause to his global tariffs plan.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Lamont’s proposal was expected to help 800,000 tax filers, officials said, as the income eligibility would increase, an issue that had restricted the credit in the past.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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Spurs refer to the income stream as ‘non-football revenue’ and the focus on boosting it has been clear, with the new stadium integral to the mission.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Such a move would extend its week to date gains to about 7.5%.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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Revenue was likely flat from a year ago at $21.35 billion, supported by gains in regulatory credits and growth in Tesla’s energy storage business.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profit. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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