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Synonyms & Antonyms of profit
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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
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- 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
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profit
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of profit (Entry 2 of 2)
to provide with something useful or desirable
- an agreement that profited us all
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