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单词 profit
释义

profit

UK /ˈprɒfɪt/

Word Forms

singularprofit
pluralprofits

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    countable/uncountable businessmoney that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. Your total profit before you pay tax is called gross profit, and the amount that remains after you have paid tax on this is called net profit

    Profits rose 31% to £144 million.

    make a profit:

    Investors have made a 14% profit in just 3 months.

    profit on:

    The profit on that deal was £21 million.

    profit from:

    All the profits from the sales of the CD will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

    at a profit (=so that you make a profit):

    They were buying securities and reselling them at a profit.

    for profit (=in order to make money):

    the practice of killing whales for profit

    Synonyms and related words

    Profit
    Synonyms and related words

    Relating to tax and taxation

    Collocates

    Verbs frequently used with profit as the object
    ▪ achieve, earn, generate, make, post, reap, report, show, turn, yield

  2. 2
    uncountable formalthe advantage that you get from a situation

    No profit lay in that line of thinking.

    Synonyms and related words

    Advantages and benefits

profit

US /ˈprɑfɪt/

Word Forms

singularprofit
pluralprofits

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    countable/uncountable businessmoney that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. Your total profit before you pay tax is called gross profit, and the amount that remains after you have paid tax on this is called net profit

    Profits rose 31% to $144 million.

    make a profit:

    Investors have made a 14% profit in just 3 months.

    profit from:

    All the profits from the sales of the CD will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

    profit on:

    The profit on that deal was $21 million.

    at a profit (=so that you make a profit):

    They were buying securities and reselling them at a profit.

    for profit (=in order to make money):

    the practice of killing whales for profit

    Synonyms and related words

    Profit
    Synonyms and related words

    Relating to tax and taxation

    Collocates

    Verbs frequently used with profit as the object
    ▪ achieve, earn, generate, make, post, reap, report, show, turn, yield

  2. 2
    uncountable formalthe advantage that you get from a situation

    No profit lay in that line of thinking.

    Synonyms and related words

    Advantages and benefits

profit

UK /ˈprɒfɪt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyprofit
he/she/itprofits
present participleprofiting
past tenseprofited
past participleprofited

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to give someone an advantage

    I think we have reached an agreement which not only profits management but also labour.

    Synonyms and related words

    To be advantageous and yield benefits

phrasal verbs

profit from

profit

US /ˈprɑfɪt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyprofit
he/she/itprofits
present participleprofiting
past tenseprofited
past participleprofited

DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    to give someone an advantage

    I think we have reached an agreement which not only profits management but also labor.

    Synonyms and related words

    To be advantageous and yield benefits

phrasal verbs

profit from
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