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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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FedEx Freight projects $1.1 billion operating profit on $8.7 billion sales in 2026, while BofA rates shares Buy.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The company on Tuesday reported a third-quarter loss of $177 million, or 22 cents a share, compared with a profit of $262 million, or 37 cents a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Dollar General on Tuesday reported mixed first-quarter results but raised its profit outlook.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

That’s because miners have many fixed costs, s0 lower gold prices squeeze their profit margins, holding all else is constant.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Subtracting the eighty dollars that she and Megan had spent on lemonade and cups, each girl had made a profit of sixty-four dollars.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies




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