Profit(n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
Profit(n.) Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
Profit(n.) To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
Profit(v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
Profit(v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
Profitable(a.) Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
Profited(imp. & p. p.) of Profit
Profiting(n.) Gain; advantage; profit.
Profiting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profit
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