Synonyms for profit
ˈprɒf ɪtprof·it

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1. profitnoun

   Synonyms:
   gain

   Antonyms:
   loss

2. profitnoun

   To benefit (sb), be of use to (sb).

   Synonyms:
   gain

   Antonyms:
   loss

3. profitnoun

   To benefit, gain.

   Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.

   Synonyms:
   gain

   Antonyms:
   loss

4. profitnoun

   To take advantage of, exploit, use.

   Synonyms:
   gain

   Antonyms:
   loss

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1. profit

   The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

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1. profit

   Synonyms:
   gain, emolument, advantage, avail, acquisition, benefit service, use, improvement

   Antonyms:
   loss, detriment, damage, disadvantage, waste

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1. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earningsnoun

   the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

   Synonyms:
   lolly, net, cyberspace, clams, sugar, remuneration, net income, cabbage, wampum, win, lucre, boodle, meshing, gelt, network, bread, earnings, internet, lettuce, gain, loot, winnings, scratch, simoleons, profits, pelf, mesh, wage, dough, dinero, kale, salary, meshwork, net profit, pay, shekels, moolah

   Antonyms:
   turn a loss, lose, break even

2. profit, gainverb

   the advantageous quality of being beneficial

   Synonyms:
   increase, gain, lucre, net income, earnings, profits, net, addition, amplification, net profit

   Antonyms:
   turn a loss, lose, break even

3. profit, gain, benefitverb

   derive a benefit from

   "She profited from his vast experience"

   Synonyms:
   clear, gain ground, derive, acquire, realise, gain, reach, win, get ahead, make headway, attain, turn a profit, bring in, put on, take in, pull in, gather, do good, hit, arrive at, advance, realize, pull ahead, benefit, make, earn

   Antonyms:
   turn a loss, lose, break even

4. profit, turn a profitverb

   make a profit; gain money or materially

   "The company has not profited from the merger"

   Synonyms:
   turn a profit, benefit, gain

   Antonyms:
   lose, break even, turn a loss

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1. profitnoun

   Synonyms:
   gain, produce, emolument, return, avails

2. profitnoun

   Synonyms:
   advantage, benefit, service, weal, interest, welfare, behoof, behalf, account, utility

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1. profitnoun

   Synonyms:
   gain, emolument, dividend

   Associated words:
   pernor, fructuary, exploit, exploitation

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1. List of paraphrases for "profit":

   profits, benefit, gain, earnings, gains, benefits, profitability, advantage, beneficiary, earns, dividend

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How to use profit in a sentence?

1. Macro Caceres:

   If you're a small company and you can only build a very, very small rocket because that's all you have money for, then your profit margins are going to be narrower.

2. Jesus Christ, Matthew 16:26:

   What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and yet loses his soul?

3. Karl Brauer:

   He feels the Model 3 is the future of the company, and he probably makes more profit on the Model 3 than on a lower price Model S and X.

4. Sean Taylor:

   If you're a trader, you're taking profit now. You buy on the rumour, sell on the news, wait till it goes down, and buy again.

5. W. Edwards Deming:

   What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.