| 单词 | profit |
| 释义 | profit (prɒfɪt ) Word forms: profits , profiting , profited 1. variable noun B2 A profit is an amount of money that you gain when you are paid more for something than it cost you to make, get, or do it. The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million. You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning. The profit motive is inherently at odds with principles of fairness and equity. Synonyms: earnings, winnings, return, revenue 2. verb If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it. Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses. [V + from/by] He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors. [V from/by n/-ing] The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family. [VERB] Synonyms: make money, clear up, gain, earn 3. verb If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it. [formal] Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle. [V + from/by] So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little. [VERB noun] Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill this man? [VERB noun to-infinitive] Synonyms: benefit, help, serve, aid Profit is also a noun. The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre. Collocations: profit rises Airlines want more money due to increased landing charges but announce big profit rises. The Sun Regulated cashflows and assets that do not go out of fashion routinely lead to decent profit rises. Times, Sunday Times The company keeps notching up profit rises and remains a good defensive stock. Times, Sunday Times For one of the most efficient and savvy operators in the motor-insurance market, with a reputation for delivering strong profit rises, it all looked a bit odd. Times, Sunday Times Even in boom times when profits soar, tax seems steadily to fall. Times, Sunday Times The fifth-generation family-owned business saw its 2011 profits soar 51% to 17m on record sales of 121.6m. Times, Sunday Times Thanks to impressive growth last year, which saw pre-tax profits soar to 307m, the company's profit share pool reached 58m, to be divided among employees. Times, Sunday Times The introduction of a womenswear line in 2004 has helped the company's profits soar 77% a year, from 661,000 in 2002 to 3.7m in 2005. Times, Sunday Times The policy to get young families on the property ladder has seen the company's profits soar 49 per cent in the past year to 330million. The Sun Management has taken the bold step to cut adrift data services, but the shares, which trade at 12.5 times projected profit, look up with events. Times, Sunday Times No high street bank would touch it, despite a projected profit of more than 30% of its final 2.4m sales value. Times, Sunday Times On the lowest projected profit, again, the shares are on a stratospheric and unjustified multiple. Times, Sunday Times This effectively enabled the events organisers to set minimal entry fees, based upon projected profits, so that festivals were affordable to lower income people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The prospect of profit acts as an incentive to take on risks. Times, Sunday Times The knights were drawn to battle by feudal and social obligation, and also by the prospect of profit and advancement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spurred on by the prospect of profiting from a stake in their company, a total of 2.3 million people are now investing in 940 sharesave schemes. Times, Sunday Times Once outgoings were factored in, 9.8million was pure profit - boosting the firm's finances to 37.1million. The Sun He said that it was unfair that the caller should be able to make a 'pure profit' from the increase in value of his home. Times, Sunday Times Why not just run a business for pure profit, like a normal person? Times, Sunday Times But they won't be making a pure profit as they still have 80million in mortgages to pay off. The Sun That's not pure profit, that's the value of the whole asset. Times, Sunday Times It was the third consecutive quarterly profit fall. The Sun Its cargo arm also reported its fourth consecutive quarterly profit. Times, Sunday Times This week it reported operating earnings of $94 million for the final three months of last year - its first quarterly profit. Times, Sunday Times Excluding the impact of preferred stock, it made a quarterly profit of $1.59 billion. Times, Sunday Times The alert was issued despite the group's video games division reporting a quarterly profit for the first time in 21 months. Times, Sunday Times He added that GIP would be prepared to give the government assurances that it would not sell the airport for a quick profit if it won approval. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They are not speculative investors looking for a quick profit. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Did you know that when a takeover is launched, the hedge funds and speculators can swoop in for a quick profit? Times, Sunday Times (2012) But they cannot reap a profit. Times, Sunday Times The more diseases we cure in middle age, the more expense we store up for later, with the pharmaceutical industry reaping the profits. Times, Sunday Times They have taken risks and reaped the profits. The Sun Since they and their bank colleagues were quite willing to reap the profits, they should also be made to reap the whirlwind. Times, Sunday Times But, although it still struggles to admit as much, it benefited indirectly from the bailout, by reaping the profits of a huge recovery in financial markets. Times, Sunday Times It delivered a record profit and built its highest number of homes in history last year. Times,Sunday Times Although the company will, as ever, report another record profit, it has faced headwinds in an already difficult trading environment. Times, Sunday Times The estate's 8.1bn portfolio posted a return of 11.3% last year and a record profit of 253m. Times, Sunday Times City analysts expect the company to make a record profit of 466m this year. Times, Sunday Times The company employs more than 2,500 people, posting a record profit of 18.9m on 171.5m sales in 2010-11. Times, Sunday Times Many of its excellent hospitals are standalone entities that reinvest profits. Times,Sunday Times The bosses aim to reinvest profits and hope to boost visitor numbers by organising more events. Times, Sunday Times Start-ups or highgrowth companies rarely do because they reinvest profits, particularly if they're expanding. Times, Sunday Times She plans to reinvest profits to fund growth or get a bank loan, keeping outside investors at bay. Times, Sunday Times Black marketeers can reinvest profits in diverse legal or illegal activities, well beyond the original source of profit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hydrogen, however, expects to report a profit for the second-half of the year. Times, Sunday Times The bank will still report a profit of some €800 million for 2007, he said. Times, Sunday Times Bad debts have been much lower than feared, allowing it to report a profit of 1.6 billion in the first half of the year. Times, Sunday Times It said it expects to report a profit in fiscal 2003. Globe and Mail In short, the bank would be able to report a profit this year after all -not the loss most had expected. Times, Sunday Times The extra provision required was calculated at €992 million, leaving the reported profit/ loss at exactly zero. Times, Sunday Times Reported profit at the interim stage declined from 9.19m to 7.45m, including 16.8m exceptional costs from corporate projects. Times, Sunday Times The bank reported profit that missed analysts' estimates, halving to $3.5 billion, largely because of a $1.7 billion drop in the value of its debt. Times, Sunday Times It reported profit nearly tripled to $1.06 billion for the quarter. Houston Chronicle The company reported profit of 3.6 million, compared with 829,000 last time. Times, Sunday Times We are paying for their transport, the wages of shop assistants, the retailer's profits, the costs of advertising. Times, Sunday Times Last year the retailer's profits fell by 16 per cent to 658 million. Times, Sunday Times The change comes after reports that the cost of providing the free drinks had damaged the retailer's profits last year. Times, Sunday Times High on the short-term profit rush of cheap wages, business has little incentive to invest. Times, Sunday Times Only the brave or foolhardy would enter the market at the moment expecting to make a short-term profit. Times, Sunday Times We don't want to be driven by short-term profit goals. Times, Sunday Times Let us name and shame those who would sell for short-term profit. Times, Sunday Times When times are hard, these groups are more likely to stand by a business that cares about its environment - both human and natural - than one only concerned with short-term profit. Times, Sunday Times In the event of a break-up they will split the profit from the house sale. Times, Sunday Times That way you can pay off the mortgage and split any profit. The Sun If the property sells for more than its valuation price, it will split the profit with you 70/30. Times, Sunday Times So if you owned 50 per cent, you would split the profits from the sale 50-50 with your loan provider. Times, Sunday Times They recouped their cash once operations were up and running and, of course, will split the profits for decades. Times, Sunday Times That, as well as steady profits and dividend growth, means there are strong reasons for owning the shares. Times, Sunday Times It had hoped to return to the steady profits and rising payouts enjoyed by shareholders before its 2008 bailout by the government during the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times Steady profits allowed her to rent an office in 2012, but that same year her daughter was born with a rare breathing problem. Times, Sunday Times Steady profits allowed him to expand. Times, Sunday Times The estate never managed to make consistent and steady profits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It proved a successful formula and in 2007 the company was bought by a public limited company at a substantial profit. Times, Sunday Times Since privatisation, an 80 million-ayear loss has been turned into a substantial profit. Times, Sunday Times Consultants are at least real, but they operate on substantial profit margins. Times, Sunday Times It also, of course, made a substantial profit. Times, Sunday Times In other words, moving out could mean doubling the size of your house, adding a few acres — and still banking a substantial profit. Times, Sunday Times They repay the loans in monthly instalments and we make a tidy profit. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The teams can also make a tidy profit. Times, Sunday Times (2012) That leaves a tidy profit. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Total profit before tax rose by 3.4 per cent to £662.6 million. Times,Sunday Times The average small shareholder, with 641 shares, today stands to make a total profit - on paper at least - of about 850 since the insurer floated. Times, Sunday Times The total profit came in slightly above analysts' forecasts. Times, Sunday Times At current exchange rates the grand total profit over five years comes to 1,176,800. Times, Sunday Times The remaining stake has just been sold, bringing a total profit of about 2.3 billion. Times, Sunday Times By this time the company was in difficulties, struggling to maintain exceptionally high standards and turn a profit at the same time. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The threat also highlights a looming crisis in the European biotechnology industry, which includes hundreds of small companies that have yet to turn a profit. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Proof of his entrepreneurial flair has inspired him to try to turn a profit for himself. Times, Sunday Times (2014) New sites opened typically take a couple of years before turning a profit. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Their gift of 100,000 amounted to nearly a quarter of last year's profits. Times, Sunday Times Of the year's profits, ¤18m were delivered in the fourth quarter. Times, Sunday Times Up 7½p at 457½p, they change hands on 13 times this year's profits. Times, Sunday Times Last week the company admitted its forecasts for this year's profits were out by a quarter. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps the clearest indication of that overshoot can be seen in historic earnings multiples: current share prices when measured against last year's profits. Times, Sunday Times The company initially backed the business in its infancy with a $13 million funding round and its total 10 per cent stake could yield a profit of $1.2 billion. Times, Sunday Times Not only did this practice not yield a profit, it did not even cover operational costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She can sell one for roughly 30, yielding a profit of about 15%. Times, Sunday Times In 1935, gross sales were $19,300,000, yielding a profit of $2,270,000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the machines worked well, the lack of economies of scale prevented the venture from yielding a profit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 利润, 从…中 获利 Japanese: 収益, 利益を得る |
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