Search "profit" in:
 |
profit
Text:
1
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received<after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20>Synonymsearnings, gain, lucre, net, payoff, proceeds, returnRelated Wordskilling, windfall; gross; compensation, emolument, income, pay, payment, remittal, requital, salary, wages; interest, return, yield; (the) black; royaltyNear Antonymscost, expenditure, expense, loss, outgo, outlay
2
an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property<found that there was a profit in training dogs for rich people>— see income
|
