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Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..

Disinterest :: Disinterest (n.) Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness.

Sleeveless :: Sleeveless (a.) Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless..

Lucriferous :: Lucriferous (a.) Gainful; profitable.

Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit..

Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine..

Infructuose :: Infructuose (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; unprofitable.

Profit :: 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..

Plummy :: Plummy (a.) Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.

Pernor :: Pernor (v.) One who receives the profits, as of an estate..

Gainful :: Gainful (a.) Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.

Mateotechny :: Mateotechny (n.) Any unprofitable science.

Profitable :: 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..

Benefit :: Benefit (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit..

Barren :: Barren (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

Gain :: Gain (v. i.) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily..

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A job, price, or profit..

Unprofit :: Unprofit (n.) Want of profit; unprofitableness.

Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity..

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