profits
Revenue minus costs
Profits are the money remaining after costs are subtracted from revenue—what a business earns beyond what it spends.
The term usually appears in plural form: The company reported record profits this quarter.
Profit margins measure how much of each dollar earned becomes profit.
To profit from something is to benefit from it, financially or otherwise: Who profits from this arrangement?
Wealth used for investment
- stockGoods kept for sale
- bondBinding tie or connection
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- dividendCorporate profit share
yield · interest · portfolio · stake · ROI · EBITDA · speculator · investor
Business income total
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- netFinal amount remaining
- grossTotal before subtractions
- returnsProfits from investments
yield · proceeds · receipts · dividends · royalties · takings · payout · margins
Unanticipated lucky gain
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- incrementUnit of increase
markup · return · upside · benefit · advantage · lucrative · monetization · enrichment
Amount exceeding requirement
- overageAmount beyond expected
- glutExcessive surplus
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
windfall · bounty · plenty · stockpile · hoard · overflow · profiteering · gouging
Legally separate business entity
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- tradeExchange of commodities
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
industry · retail · wholesale · monopoly · margin · markup · ledger · fiscal
Excessive desire for wealth
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- self-interestConcern for personal advantage
- gainPositive return received
reward · enrichment · mercenary · opportunism · exploitation · commercialism · materialism · avarice
capital
Wealth used for investment
dividend · yield · interest · portfolio · stake · ROI · EBITDA · speculator · investor · diversification
revenue
Business income total
returns · yield · proceeds · receipts · dividends · royalties · takings · payout · margins · gains
windfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- appreciationRecognition of worth
increment · markup · return · upside · benefit · advantage · lucrative · monetization · enrichment · accumulation
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
oversupply · windfall · bounty · plenty · stockpile · hoard · overflow · profiteering · gouging · exploitation
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- tradeExchange of commodities
capitalism · industry · retail · wholesale · monopoly · margin · markup · ledger · fiscal · commercial
greed
Excessive desire for wealth
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- self-interestConcern for personal advantage
gain · reward · enrichment · mercenary · opportunism · exploitation · commercialism · materialism · avarice · cupidity
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- capitalismcapitalism, free market, free enterprise, private property, supply and demand
- big businesscorporation, merger, acquisition, board room, stocks
- incomesalary, earnings, income, wages, pay
- economics termsgoods, value, services, GDP, products
- finance termsbudget, credit, debt, income, revenue
profitslosses
Things subtracted from standing
loss · deficits · shortfalls · red ink · write-offs
profitsexpenditures
Money paid out
costs · expenses · outlays · spending · disbursements
profitscharity
Voluntary aid for others
philanthropy · public good · nonprofit · public service · altruism
- turn a profitAchieve financial gain
- profit takingSelling appreciated assets
- profit and lossNet financial results
- profit marginRevenue exceeding costs ratio
- for profitSeeking monetary gain
- net profitIncome after subtracting costs
profit, profitable, nonprofit, profit à prendre, profiting, profited, profiteer, profitability, profit sharing