profit

profit is on the Basic English 850 List.

produce - profit - property

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: prŏfʹit, IPA ^(key): /ˈprɒfɪt/
• (US) enPR: prŏfʹit, IPA ^(key): /ˈprɑfɪt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: prof‧it
• Homophone: prophet

Noun

Singular profit

Plural profits

1. (countable) A profit is money made that is over the total amount spent on the thing being sold.
   • Synonym: gain

Verb

Plain form profit

Third-person singular profits

Past tense profited

Past participle profited

Present participle profiting

1. (transitive) If someone profits from something, they benefit from it; they gain from it.
   • Synonym: gain