📖 profit

noun1 senses

1. the advantageous quality of being beneficial
2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

See also: gainearningslucrenetnet incomenet profitprofits

verb2 senses

1. make a profit; gain money or materially“The company has not profited from the merger”
2. derive a benefit from“She profited from his vast experience”

See also: turn a profitbenefitgain

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