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
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as in benefits
to provide with something useful or desirable
an agreement that profited us all
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Recent Examples of profits
Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
China’s industrial firms saw their profits jump sharply in the first two months this year, thanks to Beijing’s push to curb overcapacity and bruising price wars sweeping across sectors.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Over the last decade, SDG&E’s profits have grown rapidly, reaching about $900 million annually.
—Craig D. Rose, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
Wainwright alleges that the company started putting profits over people, which is when problems began to escalate.
—Terell Bailey, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The mismatch among those prices and costs has prompted Gilead’s critics to accuse the company of placing profits before people.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
But rights groups and the Catholic Church have raised alarms that revenues from extraction rarely reach the rural and indigenous communities that live closest to mining and drilling operations, while foreign companies and a small national elite capture most of the profits.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s been claimed that in the 1930s Hollywood’s Jewish moguls put profits above alienating Adolf Hitler, Germany’s notoriously antisemitic Fuhrer, with anti-Nazi movies.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, roughly 100 chronically unprofitable restaurants continue to drain profits, Bloomberg reported.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Because the somewhat complex antitrust case is being tried before a 12-person jury, each party took pains to lay out the process, and provide visual explainers, about how an artist works with promoters and others to book a tour, and who profits.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Customers deserve to know who profits from their utility bills, what incentives shape utility decisions, and how those incentives align with the long-term needs of the communities NIPSCO serves.
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Until Puerto Rico is allowed to decide how its energy is produced, who profits from it, and how it is governed, the archipelago will remain trapped in a system that reproduces vulnerability instead of resilience.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
But Exelon utilities are spending at an accelerated — and unnecessary — pace that pushes rates and profits up.
—David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Who profits from voucher-school legislation?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
But Nvidia still dominates in AI chips with the company reporting 62% year-over-year sales growth in the October quarter and profits up 65% compared to a year ago.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
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
Noun
In one of their more ambitious demands, the union is asking FIFA to spend some of its billions of profits from the World Cup to help fund housing in the area.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
China’s industrial firms saw their profits jump sharply in the first two months this year, thanks to Beijing’s push to curb overcapacity and bruising price wars sweeping across sectors.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Over the last decade, SDG&E’s profits have grown rapidly, reaching about $900 million annually.
—Craig D. Rose, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
Wainwright alleges that the company started putting profits over people, which is when problems began to escalate.
—Terell Bailey, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The mismatch among those prices and costs has prompted Gilead’s critics to accuse the company of placing profits before people.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
But rights groups and the Catholic Church have raised alarms that revenues from extraction rarely reach the rural and indigenous communities that live closest to mining and drilling operations, while foreign companies and a small national elite capture most of the profits.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s been claimed that in the 1930s Hollywood’s Jewish moguls put profits above alienating Adolf Hitler, Germany’s notoriously antisemitic Fuhrer, with anti-Nazi movies.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, roughly 100 chronically unprofitable restaurants continue to drain profits, Bloomberg reported.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it.
—Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Because the somewhat complex antitrust case is being tried before a 12-person jury, each party took pains to lay out the process, and provide visual explainers, about how an artist works with promoters and others to book a tour, and who profits.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
Customers deserve to know who profits from their utility bills, what incentives shape utility decisions, and how those incentives align with the long-term needs of the communities NIPSCO serves.
—Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Until Puerto Rico is allowed to decide how its energy is produced, who profits from it, and how it is governed, the archipelago will remain trapped in a system that reproduces vulnerability instead of resilience.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
But Exelon utilities are spending at an accelerated — and unnecessary — pace that pushes rates and profits up.
—David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
Who profits from voucher-school legislation?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
But Nvidia still dominates in AI chips with the company reporting 62% year-over-year sales growth in the October quarter and profits up 65% compared to a year ago.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profits
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Reserved seats for the indoor celebration are $30 for the upper bowl and $75 for the lower bowl, with all proceeds going to the Champions Circle, which benefits Michigan's student-athletes.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But who benefits, and who pays the price, is an open question.—
Maria Noel Fernandez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the decades after the Second World War, this principle was widely enforced through labor contracts, and big companies tended to share their economic gains with their employees.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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With the conflict in the Middle East raging on during the Weekend, stock futures fell on Sunday, after posting gains last week on hopes of a de-escalation.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Profits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profits. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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