profit

1 the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20 Synonyms earnings, gain, lucre, net, payoff, proceeds, return Related Words cleanup, killing, windfall; bottom line; gross, sales; compensation, emolument, income, pay, payment, remittal, requital, salary, wages; interest, return, revenue, yield Near Antonyms charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, expense, loss, outgo, outlay

2 an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property found that there was a profit in training dogs for rich people Synonyms earnings, gain(s), incoming(s), proceeds, income, return, revenue, yieldRelated Words killing, windfall; salary, take-home pay, tips, wages; bankroll, capital, coffers, exchequer, finances, funds, money, pocket, pocketbook, resources, wherewithalNear Antonyms charge, cost, disbursement, expenditures, expenses, outgo, outlay