profit
noun [ C or U ]
COMMERCE, FINANCE uk/ˈprɒfɪt/ usmoney that is earned in trade or business, especially after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services:
The group has had an uneven record in recent years, swinging back and forth between profits and losses.
make/realize/turn a profit The company said it had made a profit of about £1.4bn on the deal.
after-tax/pre-tax profit Pre-tax profits rose 22.3% to £13.7m.
The expectation is that both turnover and trading profit will have increased during last year.
sell sth at a profit A realized gain occurs when we sell an investment at a profit.
profit on sth He will make a $431m profit on the sale.
for profit Banks made new loans, then swiftly sold them off for profit, using the proceeds to extend still more.
report profits In the year to March the company reported profits after tax of €900,000.
profits fall/increase/rise Sales and profits rose last year.
Concerns have been raised that a stagnating economy is hampering corporate profit growth.
boost/increase profits
an increase/jump/rise in profit
a drop/fall in profit
big/record/strong profits
future/short-term/small profits
annual/corporate/taxable profits
be in/come into profit
to be earning, or start to earn, money from a trade or business rather than losing it:
Some want it to be illegal to make anyone redundant if you are in profit.
first-half, first-quarter, etc. profit
profits for the first half, first quarter, etc. of a financial year:
The US entertainment giant showed how second-quarter profits had more than doubled.
pure profit
profit that does not need to have any costs taken away:
Once overheads are covered, 55c of every $1 of sales is pure profit.
See also
accumulated profit
attributable profit
book profit
consolidated profit
distributable profit
distributed profit
for-profit
gross profit
net profit
operating profit
paper profit
retained profit
taxable profit
windfall
profit
verb [ I ]
uk/ˈprɒfɪt/ usto earn money from something:
profit by sth/doing sth Traders can profit by buying the stocks back later at lower prices.
profit from sth/doing sth Many companies will profit from the fall in interest rates.
to gain an advantage from something:
profit from sth/doing sth I profited enormously from working with her.