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 benefits
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profits
Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Rights to participate in management or share in profits.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
In August, the president announced a deal between the federal government and Nvidia, allowing the American chip producer to sell advanced semiconductors to Chinese buyers in exchange for a 15% cut of the profits.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Finally, profits should be adequately reinvested in the company with the goal to support cash generation in time.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Japan will receive a share of profits.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Trust your people, and watch them (and your profits) soar.
—Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Building to Gilroy and Palmdale at the same time as the Central Valley segment could generate enough profits to pay back the private investors that Choudri is targeting.
—Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Texas Chainsaw Massacre grossed $31M, with the filmmakers getting stiffed on profits.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
People want to know where their data is, how it’s used and who profits from it.
—Haider Nazar, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Microsoft’s revenues/profits flow down through its business partners.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Rights to participate in management or share in profits.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
In August, the president announced a deal between the federal government and Nvidia, allowing the American chip producer to sell advanced semiconductors to Chinese buyers in exchange for a 15% cut of the profits.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Finally, profits should be adequately reinvested in the company with the goal to support cash generation in time.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Japan will receive a share of profits.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Trust your people, and watch them (and your profits) soar.
—Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Building to Gilroy and Palmdale at the same time as the Central Valley segment could generate enough profits to pay back the private investors that Choudri is targeting.
—Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Texas Chainsaw Massacre grossed $31M, with the filmmakers getting stiffed on profits.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
People want to know where their data is, how it’s used and who profits from it.
—Haider Nazar, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
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Led by Lehigh University in partnership with the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in Silicon Valley and TU Dortmund University in Germany, our preliminary sample found that higher well-being actually benefits founders not only personally but also professionally.—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The swim benefits the lighthouse’s ongoing preservation.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Unrealized gains are marked-to-market, and a hefty tax bill may follow.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Voters instead delivered gains to both far-right and far-left parties.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Profits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profits. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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