superprofit

noun

Etymology

From super- + profit.

  1. derived from prōfectus
  2. derived from profit
  3. inherited from profit
  4. prefixed as superprofit — “super + profit

Definitions

  1. excess profit

    • Our next step will be to understand how the basic economic law of capitalism works under imperialism, and how monopoly superprofits are extracted from imperialism's "third world" periphery.
    • Obviously, out of such enormous superprofits (since they are obtained over and above the profits which capitalists squeeze out of the workers of their 'own' country) it is possible to bribe the labour leaders[…]

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for superprofit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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