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profit
noun as in gain
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verb as in gain; get or give an advantage
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Example Sentences
M&S's sales and profits have improved in recent years and it has been seeking to expand its online operations.
Herb Simon used to write that profits aren't the goal of the company, they're one of the constraints on the company.
Critics say these words are associated with healthcare companies avoiding payouts and increasing their profits.
Sales of office buildings have slowed, in part because large institutional investors are skeptical that property values will appreciate enough to resell them at a profit after five years, as is common practice.
In those markets, as famously illustrated by Adam Smith’s “invisible hand,” thoughtful buyers and sellers create efficient outcomes as a result of their pursuit of personal profit.
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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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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