Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "profit" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

break even cash cash loss debt deficit expense lose lose lose money losing losing money loss losses lost money money loss

Causes Desire

cash in

Derived Terms

accounting profit at a profit book profit disprofit for fun and profit for-profit for-profit gross profit megaprofit net profit non-profit non-profit-making nonprofit nonprofiting normal profit not-for-profit paper profit profit a prendre profit and loss profit center profit centre profit crop profit from profit margin profit monger profit motive profit share profit sharing profit taking profit warning profit-taking profit-à-prendre profitable profitably profiteer profitless profitmaking profitmonger profitseeking profitsome profitwise sales profit supernormal profit superprofit turn a profit unprofit unprofited unprofiting

Distinct From

loss revenue

Etymologically Related To

proficient

Context

accounting construed with from economics legal literary

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

acquire advantage bring in clear earn gain get income make pull in realise realize take in vantage

Type Of (IsA)

advantage matter of opinion

Manner Of

gain get

Related Terms

proficiency proficient

Related Terms

about about earnings above above costs accounting accounting term advantage after after expenditure after expenses after loses and loss balance balance sheets banking banks banks earnings be begins begins pro being being rich benefit black black ledger business business earnings business gain business goal business incentive business income business money business moneymaking business revenue business term business yields businesses cash cash flow cash value commercial commercial gain companies companies turnover company company fee company gain company gains company money company objective company success connotation corporate corporate gain corporate goal corporate money cost cost minus costs do do well earn earn income earned earned money earned sum earning earning business earnings economic economic benefit economic gain economic term economics excess excess cash excess earnings excess money expenditure expenses exploit extra extra money fee finance financial financial gain financial statement fiscal fiscal gain flow for companies gain gain money gained gaining gaining money gaining value gains getting getting money goal good good business good money good thing gross gross net has has pro help in black in business incentive income increase increased increased money intake interest investment investment return investments involved jesus land ledger loses loss made made money make make money making making money margin margins marketing minus monetary monetary gain money money connotation money earned money earning money gain money gained money gaining money income money involved money made money making money margin money received money statistic moneymaking net net earnings net gain net gross net income net intake nonpossessory objective over over cost over expenses payment positive positive income positive money positive revenue price price minus prices pro proceeds proficiency proficient property law received related related accounting return revenue revenue minus rich sale sale price sales sell sell gain selling sheets soil statement statistic stocks stop stop it subtracted subtracted from success successful successful business sum surplus take term total total money transaction transaction gains turnover use value wages well win windfall winning winnings yields you gained

Synonym Network

gain net income

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