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profit - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'profit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Profit [ n.]
- Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
- Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
- To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
2 . Profit [ v. i.]
- To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
- To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

Meaning of 'profit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . profit [ v]
Meaning (1):
- derive a benefit from
Example in sentence:
  • She profited from his vast experience
Meaning (2):
- make a profit; gain money or materially
Example in sentence:
  • The company has not profited from the merger