profit

Definition

Examples

Thanks to strong overseas sales, the company reported a twenty percent increase in quarterly profits.

Word Family

Synonyms

• earningsthe excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
• financial gainhaving a meaning similar to profit

Collocations

• Easy make a good profit on sales
  to create, produce, or cause regarding a good profit on sales
• Medium record quarterly operating profit increase
  to record quarterly operating profit increase, meaning to make a record of; set down in permanent form
• Hard distribute net profits to equity partners
  to distribute net profits to equity partners, meaning to administer or bestow, as in small portions
• Very Hard turn a quick speculative profit
  to turn a quick speculative profit, meaning to change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense