profits

noungain
verbgain; get or give an advantage

Synonyms for profits

noun gain

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Word Origin & History

mid-13c., "income;" c.1300, "benefit, advantage;"from Old French prufit, porfit "profit, gain" (mid-12c.), from Latin profectus "profit, advance, increase, success, progress," noun use of past participle of proficere (see proficiency). As the opposite of loss, it replaced Old English gewinn. Profit margin attested from 1853.

Example Sentences forprofits

The profits of these were enormous, and when he died in 1759 he left investments to the extent of 20,000.

They found out the profits that have been made and they are perfectly wild with fury.

I shall be quite content with whatever share of the profits you allow me.'

I agree to pay my share of the expenses, and to accept one-third of the profits.'

He put the greater part of his profits into theatrical management.

He is a fatalist, taking his profits and losses as if they were gifts or blows of Fortune.

The profits from this source show a considerable increase every year.

My works have sold handsomely, but the profits have been theirs.

Did I not say that the profits of this night were for the most poor and the most honest?

To him each season has its profits and its pleasures; for he knows that while he rests or sleeps his fields are working for him.

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