单词 | to put to profit |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also †set) to profit P2. Originally Scottish. to put (also †set) to profit: to put (land, a commodity, etc.) to productive or profitable use; to lend (money) at interest. Later also more generally: to take advantage of; to put to good use. ΚΠ a1420 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1862) IV. 182 That our said lord the governour hes gevin to..the Earll of Mar the profitis cumand of the landis of Badenach [etc.]..ay till the tyme that thay may be sett to profitt. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 75 And alssua, yat thai & thaire forebearis has..gouernyt defendit, and labourit thai landis, and put to prouffit, jn lufe law, & leautee. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 391 The remanent of hir barnis nocht put to proffeit as yit, to the nowmer of four dochteris and ane sone. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xv. 463 The Indians tilled and put to profite the Inguas lands. 1646 B. Gerbier To Honnorable Commons Realme of Eng. sig. B The State puts to profit in those benches of loane (kept by the Magistrat) all such Stock of money, as the State thinkes fit to employ. 1761 tr. Frederician Code I. ii. 158 Every thing which enters into commerce, that is to say, which may be put to profit in society, may be given for a portion. 1840 F. M. Trollope Michael Armstrong xxi. 229 It should never check our efforts to put to profit the means of happiness he has granted to us here. 1867 Catholic World Apr. 74/1 I am much obliged for your information,..and will try and put it to profit. 1916 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 28 Feb. 13/3 They are able by imperceptible signs to detect..a weakness that it is necessary to put to profit without delay. 1962 D. H. Ewen Pop. Amer. Composers from Revolutionary Times to Present 34 She decided to put to profit an activity which had been merely a diversion—songwriting. 1993 P. Weyland Inside Third World Village viii. 211 In quite different ways their labour force has been very flexibly put to profit by a variety of forces. < as lemmas |
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