profit
/ˈpɹɑfɪt/ noun B2- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- Benefit, positive result obtained. · Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
Plural profits
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A GROOM used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit.
Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.
I shall soon become a large fish fit for the tables of the rich, and then you can catch me again, and make a handsome profit of me.” The Fisherman replied, “I should indeed be a very simple fellow if, for the chance of a greater uncertain profit, I were to forego my present certain gain.”
It sometimes happens that one man has all the toil, and another all the profit.
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