单词 | profiting |
释义 | profitingn. The action of profit v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this; a benefit, a gain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] growingc1380 profitingc1384 increasec1385 bettering?c1425 progress1457 advancementc1475 service1533 progression1586 increment1609 upgrowinga1618 flowering1629 rise1676 development1756 evolution1796 march1818 headway1832 upgrowth1844 upbuilding1876 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > to a further or higher stage profitingc1384 progress1457 progression1586 movement1866 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 15 Thenk thou thes thingis, in these be thou, that thi profytyng [L. profectus] be schewid [gloss or knowun]..to alle men. a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 347 (MED) Þe apostilis..traveiliden more bisili to growyng and profiting of þe Chirche. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 12 If we put þe profitinge [L. profectum] of religion allone in outwarde obseruaunces. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits i. 1 Where..he should..haue many examples and profitings of strangers. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (rev. ed.) 51 The minde of Man is more cheered, and refreshed by profiting in small things, then by standing at a stay in great. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 52 I would not have him live at his owne provision, (especially in France) it will hinder his profiting, and onely further him with some few kitchen and market phrases. 1691 R. Baxter Church Concord 57 The Gifts of our people that are suited to the profiting of others, should be used to as publick benefit as may be. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xi. 139 The Bishops once a Year to oversee the Profiting of the parishes. 1790 B. Trumbull Sermon 13 Meditate upon these things, give himself wholly to them, that his profiting may appear to all. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma, Serf xiii. 89 No wise man doth make haste, for reasons I have but now laid down to him for his future profiting. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 7 Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy, That thy love's loss is my hate's profiting! 1923 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 14 472 A series of such definitions as given..by all the multitude of social contacts, and by the profiting of his own experience. 1958 C. D. Sheldon & J. J. Augustin Rise Merchant Class in Tokugawa Japan, 1600–1868 vii. 139 Both the business of merchants and of artisans is the profiting of others. 2005 Ethics Internat. Affairs 19 (Electronic text) Another class of counterexamples may feature certain profitings that cannot be declined by their beneficiaries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈprofiting ˈprofiting adj. rare ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable winning1435 lucrous1511 beneficial1526 lucrative1526 gainful1561 profitful1568 gainsome1579 profiting1590 requiteful1607 pennisome1631 lucriferous1648 opulent1648 emolumental1664 quick1681 well-metalleda1734 pay-rent1742 profitable1758 emolumentary1775 remunerative1813 economical1815 repaying1820 well-paying1832 benefited1837 paying1841 payable1855 money-making1887 economic1899 bankable1927 megadollar1963 money-spinning1973 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 109 Of medicioneable and saluing condition ouer one, and nothing at all profiting but rather hurting unto another. 1605 in T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 28 Sundry places of this Scripture..left out as lesse profiting or edifying. 1908 Daily Chron. 3 Oct. 5/4 So many profiting interests are concerned that there can be little doubt as to the ultimate formation of a syndicate. < n.c1384 as lemmas |
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