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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
profit
n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit,
profits, earnings]
2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit,
gain]
v 1: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast
experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit]
2: make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not
profited from the merger" [syn: profit, turn a profit]
[ant: break even, lose, turn a loss]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Profit \Pro"fit\, n. [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress,
profit, fr. profectum. See Proficient.]
1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received
for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence,
pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation;
emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
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Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. --Rambler.
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2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences;
benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
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This I speak for your own profit. --1 Cor. vii.
35.
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If you dare do yourself a profit and a right.
--Shak.
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Syn: Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain;
emolument.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Profiting.] [F. profiter. See Profit, n.]
To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;
to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
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The word preached did not profit them. --Heb. iv. 2.
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It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy
diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
--Dryden.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Profit \Prof"it\, v. i.
1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to
gain; to advance.
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I profit not by thy talk. --Shak.
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2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
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Riches profit not in the day of wrath. --Prov. xi.
4.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. i.
1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
turns on his heel.
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The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
war. --Swift.
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3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
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If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
advantage. --Wake.
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4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
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Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii.
12.
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Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.
xxxiii. 11.
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The understanding turns inward on itself, and
reflects on its own operations. --Locke.
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5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
color turns to another; to turn Muslim.
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I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.
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Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon.
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6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
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7. Specifically:
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(a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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(b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
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I'll look no more;
Lest my brain turn. --Shak.
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(c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
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(d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
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(e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
said of the tide.
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(f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the
womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as
temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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To turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around.
To turn again, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.
To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.
To turn aside or To turn away.
(a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
company; to deviate.
(b) To depart; to remove.
(c) To avert one's face.
To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
to retrace one's steps.
To turn in.
(a) To bend inward.
(b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
(c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]
To turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
side street.
To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
the road turns off to the left.
To turn on or To turn upon.
(a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
(b) To reply to or retort.
(c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.
To turn out.
(a) To move from its place, as a bone.
(b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
(c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
(d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
the fire.
(e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
crops turned out poorly.
To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
tumble.
To turn round.
(a) To change position so as to face in another direction.
(b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or
party to another.
To turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
refer to. "Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
occasions." --Locke.
To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to
be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
while.
To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.
To turn up.
(a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.
(b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
to happen.
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Thesaurus Results for profit:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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