Profit Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

The company has profited by selling its products online.

It would profit him to take some computer classes.

The book can be read with profit by anyone who wants to understand how the system works.

The organization is not run for profit.

The profits from CD sales were donated to charity.

There was a rise in profits this year.

Profits are up from last year.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

So the movie will require a little more coinage than Peele’s past films to turn a profit.

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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 July 2022

The idea was to save the government money – not to help private companies turn a profit.

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The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2022

Because the section was able to hold championships in every sport, the section was able to finally make enough money to turn a profit.

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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2022

And realizing that their work can turn a profit has allowed the women to win financial independence, respect and a sense of meaning.

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New York Times, 5 July 2022

Then the real work begins: raising capital to start a business and trying to turn a profit in a highly regulated and complex industry.

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Erica E. Phillips, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022

Their changes would include reducing the amount of highway widening, adding more transit or pursuing federal funding rather than profit-seeking private investors.

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Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 1 July 2022

Many profit-making businesses are not able to pay their bills because their funds are stuck in debt and stock.

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Expert Panel, Forbes, 30 June 2022

It was previously held by a Utah company known as Nóng Rod Oil, which had acquired several wells on Horseshoe Bend about 25 years ago and then walked away after failing to turn a profit from their meager production.

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Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 June 2022

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

For years, streamers have had to rely on third-party tools and companies like Tiltify and Softgiving, the latter of which has faced criticism for quietly helping major streamers profit off charity work.

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Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 22 July 2022

McNamara, who is set to be arraigned in Louisiana next week, is accused of devising the scheme from 2018 to July of 2020 in order to profit via kickbacks and bribes.

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Robert Legare, CBS News, 20 July 2022

These contracts grant the ability to transfer both ownership and a royalty arrangement between transferees—allowing artists to profit from resales.

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Nathaniel Hunter, Forbes, 15 July 2022

The men went so far as to lie and falsify information to profit on the sale, prosecutors allege.

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Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 July 2022

Kuo says high-end component suppliers for the rear camera like Sony, Largan, Alps, and LG Innotek will profit from the iPhone 14 Pro models.

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Chris Smith, BGR, 6 July 2022

This tool comes as NFTs continue to be a way for artists, and collectors, to profit off digital art.

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Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022

With prices rising for almost everything, including cars and food and gas, the opportunities for lenders to profit from military personnel have only grown.

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New York Times, 30 June 2022

The Ben & Jerry’s statement also provided some additional insight into the business arrangement, noting that the company itself would no longer profit from Ben & Jerry’s sales in Israel.

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Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2022