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prof⋅it

  [prof-it]
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–noun
1. Often, profits.
a. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
b. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
c. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
2. the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials, etc.: The company works on a small margin of profit.
3. advantage; benefit; gain.
–verb (used without object)
4. to gain an advantage or benefit: He profited greatly from his schooling.
5. to make a profit.
6. to take advantage: to profit from the weaknesses of others.
7. to be of service or benefit.
8. to make progress.
–verb (used with object)
9. to be of advantage or profit to: Nothing profits one so much as a sound education.
Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) ME < MF < L prōfectus progress, profit, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + -fec-, comb. form of facere to make, do 1 + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) ME profiten, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
prof⋅it⋅er, noun
prof⋅it⋅less, adjective
prof⋅it⋅less⋅ly, adverb
prof⋅it⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. return. 2. net income. 3. good, welfare, advancement, improvement. See advantage. 4, 9. advance, improve.

Antonyms:
1. loss.
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Word Origin & History

profit  (n.)
c.1315, from O.Fr. prufit (c.1140), from L. profectus "profit, progress," prop. pp. of proficere (see proficiency). As the opposite of loss, it replaced O.E. gewinn. The verb is attested from 1303, from O.Fr. prufiter, from the noun. Profiteer first recorded 1797 as a verb, but dormant until revived in World War I; 1912 as a noun. Profitable is from c.1325, "yielding benefit, useful; " in specific sense of "money-making," it is attested from 1758.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

profit

See net income.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: prof·it
Function: noun
1 : gain in excess of expenditures: as a : the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost b : net income from a business, investment, or capital appreciation —compare EARNINGS, LOSS
2 : a benefit or advantage from the use of property —see also MESNE PROFITS, PROFIT A PRENDRE —compare EASEMENT, RIGHT OF WAY, SERVITUDE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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