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Definitions for Profit

[1] Often profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. 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.
[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.
[9] to be of advantage or profit to: Nothing profits one so much as a sound education.
[10] (often plural) excess of revenues over outlays and expenses in a business enterprise over a given period of time, usually a year
[11] the monetary gain derived from a transaction
[12] income derived from property or an investment, as contrasted with capital gains the ratio of this income to the investment or principal
[13] economics the income or reward accruing to a successful entrepreneur and held to be the motivating factor of all economic activity in a capitalist economy (as modifier ) the profit motive
[14] a gain, benefit, or advantage
[15] to gain or cause to gain profit

Words related to Profit

product, goods, saving, surplus, revenue, turnout, receipt, yield, value, return, benefit, production, percentage, earnings, interest, income, output, harvest, proceeds, acquisition

Words nearby Profit

profile component, profile drag, profiler, profiling, profilometer, profit, profit and loss, profit and loss account, profit center, profit centre, profit margin

Origin of Profit

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Middle French < Latin prōfectus progress, profit, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -fec-, combining form of facere to make, do1 + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) Middle English profiten, derivative of the noun

Words that may be confused with Profit

profit, prophet

Other words from Profit

prof·it·er , noun
prof·it·less , adjective
prof·it·less·ly , adverb
prof·it·less·ness , noun
pro·prof·it , adjective
self-prof·it , noun
un·prof·it·ed , adjective
un·prof·it·ing , adjective

Word origin for Profit

C14: from Latin prōfectus advance, from prōficere to make progress; see proficient

Synonyms for Profit

acquisition, benefit, bottom line, earnings, goods, harvest, income, interest, output, percentage, proceeds, product, production, receipt, return, revenue, saving, surplus, turnout, value, yield, accumulation, advancement, advantage, aggrandizement, augmentation, avail, cleanup, emoluments, gate, gravy, gross, killing, lucre, net, outturn, receipts, remuneration, skim, split, take, takings, use, velvet, winnings