as in earnings
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 & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in benefits
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of profits
Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Under the command of the unflappable Ernest McSorley, its veteran captain, the Fitz broke shipping records and tallied enormous profits.
—Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The European Union on Thursday adopted its 19th sanctions package against Moscow, targeting its energy profits and financial institutions.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
The company has also filed a countersuit denying allegations of wrongdoing, while claiming over $116 million in damages and lost profits.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
That same session, the Club booked profits in Wells Fargo after the stock's big post-earnings advance to record highs.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Customer harvesting also reduces labor costs, produces immediate profits and builds community relationships.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
With countless ventures on his resume, which also includes a productivity app for people with ADHD as well as an e-commerce website that donates 100% of profits to charity, Green’s days are rarely identical.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Early or late shipments, product shortages, and spoiled or damaged items are just a few of the most common deductions that eat away at profits.
—Mara Weinraub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The next battleground is the execution layer, where the question becomes not just who builds the models, but who profits when AI stops talking and starts acting for users.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Tribal leaders interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel say video gambling machines outside casinos don't just cut into their profits.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Under the command of the unflappable Ernest McSorley, its veteran captain, the Fitz broke shipping records and tallied enormous profits.
—Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The European Union on Thursday adopted its 19th sanctions package against Moscow, targeting its energy profits and financial institutions.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
The company has also filed a countersuit denying allegations of wrongdoing, while claiming over $116 million in damages and lost profits.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
That same session, the Club booked profits in Wells Fargo after the stock's big post-earnings advance to record highs.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Customer harvesting also reduces labor costs, produces immediate profits and builds community relationships.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
With countless ventures on his resume, which also includes a productivity app for people with ADHD as well as an e-commerce website that donates 100% of profits to charity, Green’s days are rarely identical.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Early or late shipments, product shortages, and spoiled or damaged items are just a few of the most common deductions that eat away at profits.
—Mara Weinraub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Jonah Markham gives a really impassioned speech in this episode about his motives and how the defense industry is fueled by and profits off of unnecessary war and the death and destruction of innocent lives.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The next battleground is the execution layer, where the question becomes not just who builds the models, but who profits when AI stops talking and starts acting for users.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
The big film studios have alleged that Midjourney profits off image generation models trained to produce outputs of popular characters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
Verb
-
SpaceX additionally benefits from billions of dollars in contracts from NASA and the Department of Defense by providing launch services for classified satellites and other payloads.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
-
No more families planning for a worst-scenario should benefits stop.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
-
Should the Argentine currency in Monday’s trading session climb at a similar magnitude to that seen in cryptocurrency markets in the wake of the election, the US could be on course for hundreds of millions of dollars in gains.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Profits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profits. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share