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PROFITS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Synonyms:
earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("profits" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Meronyms (parts of "profits"):
part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "profits"):
earning per share (the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock)
windfall profit (profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it)
cleanup; killing (a very large profit)
fast buck; quick buck (quick or easy earnings)
filthy lucre (shameful profit)
gross profit; gross profit margin; margin ((finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold)
markup (the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price)
accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)
dividend (that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something won (especially money)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("profits" is a kind of...):
financial gain (the amount of monetary gain)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb profit
Context examples:
Much struggle it cost him, anxious spirit-questionings and midnight prayings, with many a doubt and a misgiving; but the issue was that ere he had been three days in Castle Twynham he had taken service under Sir Nigel, and had accepted horse and harness, the same to be paid for out of his share of the profits of the expedition.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were trying times those to all save the farmers, who made such profits that they could, as I have heard, afford to let half their land lie fallow, while living like gentlemen upon the rest.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Which is a very poor way of saying that it is good for oneself to be strong, and evil for oneself to be weak—or better yet, it is pleasurable to be strong, because of the profits; painful to be weak, because of the penalties.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Remember, the projects you present and get approved while Jupiter is still in Sagittarius will be the source of your biggest profits in 2020.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I am not certain whether I found out then, or afterwards, that, without being actively concerned in any business, he had some share in, or some annual charge upon the profits of, a wine-merchant's house in London, with which his family had been connected from his great-grandfather's time, and in which his sister had a similar interest; but I may mention it in this place, whether or no.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Miss Hawkins was the youngest of the two daughters of a Bristol—merchant, of course, he must be called; but, as the whole of the profits of his mercantile life appeared so very moderate, it was not unfair to guess the dignity of his line of trade had been very moderate also.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
This suggests your approach to managing your money is likely to be sound and that you will likely be able to receive profits from an investment you are making now.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He told me instead, with much rapidity, a good deal about her skill, and her profits; and about her being a scientific cupper, if I should ever have occasion for her service in that capacity.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
That’s when Jupiter will be aligned with the Sun, making it a day when you will see profits from your deal and create a win-win situation.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Among this correspondence, there dropped in, every now and then, an obliging proposal from one of the numerous outsiders always lurking about the Commons, to practise under cover of my name (if I would take the necessary steps remaining to make a proctor of myself), and pay me a percentage on the profits.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
