at a profit
idiom
: so as to make money
We sold the house at a profit.
The business is running at a profit.
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The hackers’ goal is to persuade enough people to jump on the coin’s bandwagon to raise its value, at which point investors could sell their holdings at a profit — at least until the market reacts and the value drops again.
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Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
Both regions can produce oil at a profit for less than $35 a barrel.
—Bloomberg News, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
Others offered to sell substantial quantities of cocaine that the Taliban or their agents could then resell, either themselves or through drug dealers, at a profit in the United States.
—Matthew Levitt, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2011
Bidirectional, or vehicle-to-grid (V2G), charging lets EV owners charge at overnight off-peak rates then sell power back to grids at a profit during peak hours.
—Nick Carey and Victoria Waldersee, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
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Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
Both regions can produce oil at a profit for less than $35 a barrel.
—Bloomberg News, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
Others offered to sell substantial quantities of cocaine that the Taliban or their agents could then resell, either themselves or through drug dealers, at a profit in the United States.
—Matthew Levitt, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2011
Bidirectional, or vehicle-to-grid (V2G), charging lets EV owners charge at overnight off-peak rates then sell power back to grids at a profit during peak hours.
—Nick Carey and Victoria Waldersee, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
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