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    [Noun]  | "prof*it" | \ ˈprä-fət \


    1: a valuable return : gain

    2: the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or series of transactions; especially : the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost

    3: net income usually for a given period of time


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin profectus advance, profit, from proficere;

    [Adjective]  | "profitless" 


    1: producing no results;


      * e.g., " ... trying to reason with her is always a profitless enterprise "





    [Noun]  | "profit" 


    1: the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received;


      * e.g., " ... after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20 "



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    2: an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property;


      * e.g., " ... found that there was a profit in training dogs for rich people "



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