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profit

[prof-it] / ˈprɒf ɪt /




Usage

What are other ways to say profit? 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.

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The unexpected profit follows a 2025 logo controversy that saw same-store sales plummet 8.5% and 7.9% in prior quarters.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

It includes Starlink, which generated more than half of the company’s revenue and most of its adjusted profit last year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

“And it’s absolutely required in our industry to have an adequate level of profit to be able to continue to invest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Despite high market euphoria, Citi forecasts the S&P 500 to reach 8,100 by year-end, driven by strong AI-led profit growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

If he sold it for even half its value, what a profit he would make!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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