profit

Revenue minus expenses

Profit is the financial gain when revenue exceeds costs: The company turned a profit for the first time.

More broadly, profit is any benefit or advantage gained: There's no profit in arguing with him.

To profit is to gain advantage or benefit: She profited from the experience.

Profitable describes something yielding gain, financial or otherwise.

financial

revenue

Business income total

net · gross · gain · proceeds · returns · yield · EBITDA · dividends · payout · turnover

motivation

incentive

Reward encouraging action

reward · self-interest · greed · ambition · drive · pursuit · goal · motive · opportunism · exploitation

business

enterprise

Commercial undertaking or initiative

corporation · capitalism · monopoly · entrepreneurship · franchise · merger · acquisition · retail · wholesale · industry

investment

capital

Wealth used for investment

bonds · equities · shareholder · stake · dividends · yield · returns · appreciation · valuation · capitalization

wealth

affluence

Abundance of money

opulence · abundance · assets · resources · estate · inheritance · treasure · savings · endowment · accumulation

growth

expansion

Increase in scope

bullish · scaling · leverage · multiplication · amplification · escalation · marketshare · booming · upswing · acceleration

nonprofit

charity

Voluntary aid for others

donation · beneficiary · social enterprise · mission-driven · reinvestment · public benefit · tax-exempt · NGO · altruism · cooperative

Categories
Opposites
financial outcome

profitloss

Being without something

deficit · shortfall · net loss · red ink · insolvency

benefit/advantage

profitharm

Injury or damage

detriment · disadvantage · damage · injury · hurt

resource flow direction

profitexpense

Money paid out

cost · expenditure · outlay · outgo · disbursement

Phrases
Family

profits, proficient, profitable, proficiency, nonprofit, profit à prendre, profitless, unprofitable, profitably

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
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