1. profit

noun. ['ˈprɑːfət, ˈprɑːfɪt'] the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).

Words that Rhyme with Profit

• proffitt
• proffit
• moffitt
• moffit
• moffett
• moffet

Example sentences of the word profit

1. Noun, singular or mass
This means you kept 8 cents of profit for every dollar of sales during the year.

2. Verb, base form
The point of an iron condor spread is to profit from a sleepy market that doesn't move much.

Quotes containing the word profit

1. The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
- Dale Carnegie

2. What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

3. Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
- William Wordsworth

2. profit-maximizing

adjective. making the profit as great as possible.

3. profit-maximising

adjective. making the profit as great as possible.

4. non-profit-making

adjective. not commercially motivated.

5. not-for-profit

noun. an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities.

6. profit-and-loss_statement

noun. a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period.

7. profit

verb. ['ˈprɑːfət, ˈprɑːfɪt'] make a profit; gain money or materially.

8. profit

verb. ['ˈprɑːfət, ˈprɑːfɪt'] derive a benefit from.

9. profit

noun. ['ˈprɑːfət, ˈprɑːfɪt'] the advantageous quality of being beneficial.