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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.

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He was commissioned to ghostwrite several other motivational books including “Passion, Profit, & Power” for hypnotist Marshall Sylver and “The Slight Edge” for self-help expert Jeff Olson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Profit margins are being squeezed across the industry as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Profit and sustainability will be replaced by squad cost ratio.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Profit growth is expected to accelerate to about 10% next fiscal year from 2% in the current one.

From Barron's • May 15, 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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