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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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"This is something created, promoted, and disseminated by certain actors whom we will investigate, as well as the platforms whose algorithms amplify disinformation in exchange for profit," Sánchez said.

From BBC

The chip maker on Tuesday posted a profit of $1.51 billion, or 92 cents a share, in the quarter ended in late December, compared with $482 million, or 29 cents a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

These firms will rightly demand cost recovery and profit margins before a single barrel is cleared for a sovereign fund.

From The Wall Street Journal

Morality aside, Palantir might have something few of its rivals can duplicate: a real-world answer to the market’s most persistent question about AI—whether it can reliably generate profits.

From Barron's

Analysis indicates that when software valuations decline, lower profit forecasts typically follow, highlighting the importance of real earnings over adjusted figures.

From Barron's