单词 | profit-making |
释义 | > as lemmasprofit-making profit-making adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making gainfulness1646 money-spinning1855 profit-making1856 payability1916 1856 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 19 141 This is the economy of your present profit-making commerce. 1867 De Bow's Rev. Sept. 173 Exploitation, or profit making, has often been likened to slavery. 1923 S. Webb & B. Webb Decay Capitalist Civilisation v. 85 Profit-making became increasingly subject to malignant growths and perverted metabolisms. 1940 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Dec. 14/6 (advt.) Wholesale merchant..provides excellent profit-making lines for prudent shopkeepers. 2002 New Republic 29 Apr. 25/2 Profit-making in Afghanistan? Ah, if only. < as lemmas |
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