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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Battery energy storage systems that suck up cheap power during periods of low demand, then discharge it at a profit during periods of high demand, are considered critical with the rise of intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar.
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Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Private equity firms borrow money to buy other companies, restructure them and resell them at a profit.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2025
West Texas Intermediate was trading under $63 per barrel Tuesday, below the breakeven price that many shale oil producers in Texas need to drill new wells at a profit.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Lately, lawmakers and regulators have expressed particular alarm about health facilities owned by private-equity companies — like Ridgemont Equity Partners — which typically take control of a business for a relatively short time, restructure it, and resell it at a profit.
—Eli Cahan, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2025
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Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Private equity firms borrow money to buy other companies, restructure them and resell them at a profit.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2025
West Texas Intermediate was trading under $63 per barrel Tuesday, below the breakeven price that many shale oil producers in Texas need to drill new wells at a profit.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Lately, lawmakers and regulators have expressed particular alarm about health facilities owned by private-equity companies — like Ridgemont Equity Partners — which typically take control of a business for a relatively short time, restructure it, and resell it at a profit.
—Eli Cahan, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2025
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“At a profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20profit. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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