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profit

noun
/ˈpɹɒfɪt/UK/ˈpɹɑfɪt/US/ˈpɹɒfɪt/CA/ˈpɹɔfɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (Modern French profit), from Latin prōfectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficiō (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”). Doublet of profect.

  1. derived from prōfectus
  2. derived from profit
  3. inherited from profit

Definitions

  1. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a…

    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.

    • Let no man anticipate uncertain profits.

  2. Benefit, positive result obtained.

    • Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.
    • This I speak for your own profit.
    • if you dare do yourself a profit and a right

  3. Ellipsis of profit à prendre.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).

      • The word preached did not profit them.
      • It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently those excellent pieces and beautiful designs.

    2. To benefit, gain.

    3. To take advantage of, exploit, use.

    4. A surname.

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Derived

accounting profit, at a profit, disprofit, gross profit, megaprofit, net profit, non-profit, non-profit-making, normal profit, profit and loss, profit-à-prendre, profit a prendre, profit center, profit centre, profit crop, profitless, profitmaking, profitmonger, profit monger, profit motive, profitseeking, profit share, profitsome, profit-taking, profit warning, profitwise, sales profit, supernormal profit, superprofit, turn a profit, unprofit, for-profit, book profit, for fun and profit, nonprofit, nonprofiting, not-for-profit, paper profit, profitable, profitably · +7 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at profit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at profit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at profit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA