Definition of profit

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Profit (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.

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Disprofit :: Disprofit (v. i. & i.) To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit..
Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..
Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit..
Gain :: Gain (v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
Gainless :: Gainless (a.) Not producing gain; unprofitable.
Benefit :: Benefit (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit..
Emolument :: Emolument (n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary..
Useless :: Useless (a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity..
Advantage :: Advantage (n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution..
Mateology :: Mateology (n.) A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry..
Interest :: Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..
Speculator :: Speculator (n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price..
Frustrate :: Frustrate (a.) Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
Productive :: Productive (a.) Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable..
Avaunce :: Avaunce (v. t. & i.) To advance; to profit.
Fellowship :: Fellowship (n.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion..
Net :: Net (a.) Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc..
Beneficial :: Beneficial (a.) Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.
Mercenary :: Mercenary (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
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