0 money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services:
She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies.
A year ago the Tokyo company had a pretax profit of 35 million yen.
Company profits are down from last year's figures.
You don't expect to make much profit within the first couple of years of setting up a company.
He’s been in business five years, but has not yet turned a profit.
There's no profit to be gained from endlessly discussing whose fault it was.
1 money that a business earns above what it costs to produce and sell goods and services:
3 money that is earned in trade or business, especially after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services:
The group has had an uneven record in recent years, swinging back and forth between profits and losses.
make/realize/turn a profit The company said it had made a profit of about £1.4bn on the deal.
after-tax/pre-tax profit Pre-tax profits rose 22.3% to £13.7m.
The expectation is that both turnover and trading profit will have increased during last year.
sell sth at a profit A realized gain occurs when we sell an investment at a profit.
profit on sth He will make a $431m profit on the sale.
for profit Banks made new loans, then swiftly sold them off for profit, using the proceeds to extend still more.
report profits In the year to March the company reported profits after tax of €900,000.
profits fall/increase/rise Sales and profits rose last year.
Concerns have been raised that a stagnating economy is hampering corporate profit growth.
future/short-term/small profits
4 to be earning, or start to earn, money from a trade or business rather than losing it:
5 profits for the first half, first quarter, etc. of a financial year:
The US entertainment giant showed how second-quarter profits had more than doubled.
6 profit that does not need to have any costs taken away:
8 to gain an advantage from something:
profit from sth/doing sth I profited enormously from working with her.
They buy paintings at auctions and then resell them at a vast profit to collectors.
We agreed before we did the deal that we'd both get an equal share of the profit.
All our profits are re-invested in research and development.
The successful branding and marketing of the new beer has already boosted sales and increased profits.
The book would in my view have profited from a more strict concentration on political participation and representation.
Her family was one of those whose claim to gentility was supported by limited real property combined with the noninheritable profits of office.%!
The requirement that they cannot distribute their profits is clearly set out in policy.
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