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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1. Jesus Christ, Matthew 16:26:

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

2. Howard Levinson:

   Theaters are struggling to stay alive and make a profit with what's been going on with cable TV and on demand. So they have to make it as nice and as safe as they can for people to come in and spend a few hours.

3. Foreign Affairs:

   Do not jeopardize your lives and those of your children, do not trust people traffickers who only seek their own profit and who often fail to fulfill the promises they make.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Crook stock brokers had prior information that stock market will spurt up in the last 45 minutes of trading session therefore they had shut down their terminal function for that period so that traders can't make any profit. SBI securities had closed its server today

5. Ben Le Brun:

   A lot of the fall was due to short covering, there could be a bit of profit-taking for people who have gone long.