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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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Scaringe said the company will reach profitability on a per-unit production basis with the R2 this year, but estimated that the company won’t turn an overall profit until closer to 2030.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

For its fiscal first quarter, Chewy reported a $94.8 million profit and 7.7% net sales growth to $3.36 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

To harness a big amount of stock without much money, buy one call and sell another with a higher strike price but same expiration to profit from potential rallies.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

So, I asked, how much profit has he made since the last World Cup?

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

We were not at all amused to hear that scoundrels were attempting to make a profit off the pauper’s food line tickets.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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