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Noun profit has 2 senses

net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
--₁ is a kind of income; income; income; income
--₁ has parts:

share, portion, part, percentage; 1 of 2 senses of profit ; net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings; share, portion, part, percentage; net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings; share, portion, part, percentage; 1 of 2 senses of profit ; net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings; share, portion, part, percentage

--₁ has particulars:

earning per share; windfall profit; killing, cleanup; fast buck, quick buck; gross profit, gross profit margin, margin; markup; accumulation; dividend; 2 senses of profit ; net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings; earning per share; windfall profit; killing, cleanup; fast buck, quick buck; gross profit, gross profit margin, margin; markup; accumulation; dividend; net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings; earning per share; windfall profit; killing, cleanup; fast buck, quick buck; gross profit, gross profit margin, margin; markup; accumulation; dividend; 2 senses of profit ; net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings; earning per share; windfall profit; killing, cleanup; fast buck, quick buck; gross profit, gross profit margin, margin; markup; accumulation; dividend

Derived form: verb profit₂

profit, gain - the advantageous quality of being beneficial
--₂ is a kind of financial gain; advantage, vantage; financial gain; advantage, vantage
--₂ has particulars:
account; profitableness, profitability; profit, gain; account; profitableness, profitability

Derived form: verb profit₁

Verb profit has 2 senses

profit, gain, benefit - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
--₁ is one way to get, acquire

Derived form: noun profit₂
Sample sentences:
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profit, turn a profit - make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"
--₂ is one way to gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
Antonyms: lose, turn a loss, break even

Derived form: noun profit₁
Sample sentences:
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