n. | 1. | Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; |
2. | Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, | |
v. t. | 1. | To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; |
v. i. | 1. | To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. |
2. | To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. |
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2. | profit - the advantageous quality of being beneficial Synonyms: gain | |
Verb | 1. | profit - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" |
2. | profit - make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger" Synonyms: turn a profit Antonyms: break even - make neither profit nor loss turn a loss, lose - fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" |