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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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Managing profit margins hasn’t been easy amid slowing demand.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

It is expected to report a sales and profit lift after reporting weak results in the same quarter last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Shares of Home Depot rose in early trading Tuesday, after the home- improvement giant beat fiscal first-quarter profit and total sales expectations, even as comparable sales came up a bit shy.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Still many who follow the industry expect little change in an industry they describe as largely driven by profit, despite its claims of a greater concern for the public’s well-being.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

He could undercut his competitors and increase his profit margin.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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