profit

English

/ˈpɹɒfɪt/, /ˈpɹɑfɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • (accounting) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
  • (dated) Benefit, positive result obtained.
  • (legal) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English profit derived from Old French profit derived from Latin profectus (advance, growth, increase, progress, profit).

Origin

Latin

profectus

Gloss

advance, growth, increase, progress, profit

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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