Recompense, reward, esp. for service; gain, profit. In later use chiefly in plural, and frequently influenced by sense 3b. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] (105) earningeOE Recompense, reward, esp. for service; gain, profit. In later use chiefly in plural, and frequently influenced by sense 3b. Now rare. issuea1325 In singular and plural. Produce, proceeds; profits arising from lands or tenements. Now rare. lucrec1380 Gain, profit, pecuniary advantage. Now only with unfavourable implication: Gain viewed as a low motive for action; ‘pelf’. filthy lucre: (see filthy… lucre of gainc1386 Const. of: (a) gain or profit derived from (something) (obsolete); (b) acquisition of (something profitable) (obsolete exc. archaic). return1419 Chiefly Business and Finance. Money, or a sum of money, made by the exercise of a skill or occupation or from investment or trade; gain, profit… feracityc1420 The quality of being feracious; fruitfulness, productiveness. †Of a person: The profit he makes. revenue1427 The return, yield, or profit of any land, property, or other important source of income. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical. In singular. vantagec1430 Pecuniary profit or gain. Obsolete. afframing1440 Gain, profit. Cf. framing, n. 1. revenue1440 The return, yield, or profit of any land, property, or other important source of income. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical. In plural. availc1449 concrete (chiefly plural). Profits or proceeds of business transactions; remuneration or perquisites of employment. Cf. vail, n.1 (Obsolete exc. U.S.) proventc1451 Revenue, profit; = provenue, n. Usually in plural. provenuec1487 The sum arising from something; the produce, profit, revenue; (in plural) proceeds, returns. rent1513 Scottish. Profit, value. Obsolete. rare. fardel1523 Profit. chevisance1535 Merchandise, gain (in a bad sense); esp. in to make chevisance of: to make merchandise, profit, or gain of. gains1546 In plural. Sums acquired by trade or in other ways; emoluments, profits, winnings, etc. (†Formerly sometimes treated as singular) commodity1577 As a mass noun. concrete. Material gain; profit. Also as a count noun. Obsolete. rare. proceed1578 That which proceeds, is derived, or results from something else; that which is obtained or gained by any… In singular. Now rare. increasal1601 = increase, n., Profit. benefit1606 Pecuniary advantage, profit, gain. endowment1615 Commercial advantage, profit. Obsolete. rare. gaininga1631 concrete esp. in plural: That which is gained; profits, emoluments. superlucration1683 Additional gain; a profit. profit1697 A financial gain, esp. the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something. Also Scottish… bunce1706 Money; gains; extra profit or gain, bonus; something to the good. making1837 colloquial. In plural. Earnings, profits. bunt1851 An extra profit or gain; something to the good. (See quot.) plunder1851 Wealth, property, or assets acquired from others by extortionate, dishonest, or questionable methods; (colloquial) profit, gain. yield1877 The amount obtained from some financial transaction, impost, etc. (e.g. of interest from an investment, of revenue from a tax). recovery1931 An amount recovered, frequently contrasted with initial loss or expenditure. earner1970 colloquial. An activity that brings in money for the person engaged in it. Frequently in a nice little earner: a means of making easy or illicit… Subcategories:— profitableness (8) — source of profit (7) — profit as motive (5) — regarded as result of ability (1) — derived from something (2) — exceptionally large profit or gain (4) — profit made by moneylender (3) — return from capital or investment (10) — profit represented by traded commodities (1) — profit to be shared (17) — other types of profit (10) — limit below which sales no longer viable (3) — smaller return due to rising costs (1) — relative gain by increase in size (1) |
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