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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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Between 2011-12 and 2022-23, the satellite campuses of British schools generated £152.4m in profit, according to PEPF, and this profit has grown substantially over the years.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The company also raised its profit outlook for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It swung to a net loss of 5.7 billion kronor for the quarter from a net profit of 4.5 billion kronor a year earlier.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Booz Allen BAH 4.70%increase; up pointing triangle Hamilton raised its full-year earnings outlook, after profit climbed in its latest fiscal quarter even as revenue fell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Evan was never going to earn a hundred dollars with that kind of profit.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

With the significantly decreased profits, she added, "there certainly are people who are asking themselves, is this worth it?"

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

But without regulatory protection from competition, profits were harder to come by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He said one of two things has to happen next: Either profits of the top 500 need to surge well past those of smaller companies or their stock prices have to get cheaper.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

As Lolo, a foster child and star student Jeanie adopted out of her classroom, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio profits from his character’s relative normality; he just seems real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

With my profits I buy lollipops and bananas from Otavalo and spend weekends at soccer and basketball games in nearby communities selling my sandwiches and candy and bananas.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

"Everyone who profited from market-disrupting activities has been identified," Simsek told HaberTurk TV and HT Bloomberg, without indicating how many people were involved, and whether they had been detained or questioned.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Further, even among the few rental owners that profited, many found the time, effort, risk and aggravation were not worth the modest after-tax net of all costs returns.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Davis, prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo argued Tuesday, profited off the rapper’s death in writing his memoir and “deserved the maximum possible sentence.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He claimed the women had profited from selling dozens of his daughter's items at auctions in the US in 2021 and 2023, accusing them of having "deliberately concealed" their sale.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

For what has a man profited, if he has gained the whole world and lost his soul?

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The spokesperson said that "strict rules to limit subletting... prevent the risk of people profiting by letting subsidised affordable housing".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The bill faced several challenges, including disagreements over the language around ethics rules that would prevent government officials from profiting off digital assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

At a news conference Wednesday, Newsom defended his plan, which also includes limiting the fees of attorneys in wildfire litigation and stopping hedge funds from profiting on the claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

A bull call spread involves purchasing a lower-strike VIX call and selling a higher-strike one with the aim of profiting if the index rises.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Joe had come up with a scheme for profiting from the arrival of these throngs in his father’s new neighborhood.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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