profit a pren·dre noun orprofit à pren·dre\-ȧˈpräⁿdr(ə), -d(rə)-\ (pluralprofits a prendreorprofits à prendre) Etymology: Anglo-French, literally, profit to be taken : a legal right to take a profit from something yielded or produced by land : a right to take from land a part of its soil — distinguished from easement