Definition of profit motive
:the desire to make a profit
- making decisions based on the profit motive
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profit
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: a valuable return : gain
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: the excess of returns over expenditure in a transaction or series of transactions
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: net income usually for a given period of time
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: to be of service or advantage : avail
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: to derive benefit : gain
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: to make a profit
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motive
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: something (such as a need or desire) that causes a person to act
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: a recurrent phrase or figure that is developed through the course of a musical composition
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: motif
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: of or relating to motion or the causing of motion
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: moving or tending to move to action
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: motivate
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