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profit

[prof-it] / ˈprɒf ɪt /




Usage

What are other ways to say profit? Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society.

Example Sentences

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Profit and losses from U.S. commercialization will be split equally, the company added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Profit and sustainability will be replaced by squad cost ratio.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Profit before interest and taxes was 2% ahead of consensus while adjusted earnings per share were 4% ahead, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Profit beat views and while revenue surged 90%, it wasn’t enough to beat Wall Street’s lofty expectations.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“Got this outta the library — Dragon Breeding fir Pleasure and Profit — it’s a bit outta date, o’ course, but it’s all in here.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling




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