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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.

Example Sentences

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Operating profit fell almost 17% to 139.7 million euros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In working with Apple to improve security, Sir Mark said only a minority of stolen phones were being reactivated compared to a few months ago, making it "harder for criminals to profit".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 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

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

There was no profit in it—that was plain.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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