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profit
What does profit mean?
profit (noun): the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce profit?
/ˈpɹɑfət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does profit come from?
From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (Modern French profit).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of profit?
Words related to profit
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “profit” mean?
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed
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the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
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the part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
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a small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building
Not quite: that's what yard means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “profit”?
security
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position
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research
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earnings
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