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All the scenarios result in lower annual farm profits by year 30 of the simulations.

Now, they’re on the cusp of owning the property themselves — with a promise to keep it affordable and never make a significant profit from it.

The cable channels were NBCUniversal’s equivalent of blue skies, routinely delivering three-quarters of the company’s profit.

The government also cites the nature of Hanni's income, which is deemed to be "profit sharing, rather than wages", according to local reports, adding that she pays business income tax rather than employment income tax.

From BBC

“What bothers me is that after the first sale, the artist no longer profits as the work changes hands,” he said in an interview.

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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.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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