profit1 nounprofit2 verb
profitprof‧it1 /ˈprɒfɪt $ ˈprɑː-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINprofit1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin profectus, past participle of proficere; ➔ PROFICIENTEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All the profits from the auction will go to cancer research.
- For the first time, the company's annual profits were over $1 million.
- There's no profit to be found in lying.
- They don't care who they sell weapons to. All they are interested in is profit.
- They made a huge profit when they sold the business.
- We aim to increase our profits by at least 5% every year.
- At the pre-tax level, profits were down 90.0% at £160,000.
- If an extension is not obtained subsequent profit costs may be deferred.
- In Marx, profit is the consequence of exploitation, not a return to entrepreneurial risk-taking activity.
- Of course, Super Show is not about haute couture, but about haute profits.
- Pre-tax profits, excluding an accounting change, fell by 35% to £185m.
- The answer is that firms will want to use the most efficient technique because it yields the greatest profit.
- The Profitboss encourages unconventional ways of making profit, encouraging his people to be creative and take initiative.
THESAURUS
money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid: · Our profits are down this year.· The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
the profit that a company makes: · The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results.· Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
the profit that you get from an investment: · You should get a good return on your investment.· We didn’t get much of a return on our money.· They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.
the amount of business done during a particular period: · The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200bn.
the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc: · He counted the night’s takings.· This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there: · They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3,000.· The money is still earning interest in your account.
a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company: · Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share.· The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.
Longman Language Activatormoney that you make by doing business money that you make by doing business, for example when you sell something for more that it cost you to buy it or to produce it: · We aim to increase our profits by at least 5% every year.· For the first time, the company's annual profits were over $1 million.· They don't care who they sell weapons to. All they are interested in is profit.make a profit: · They made a huge profit when they sold the business.
all the money that you get from selling something, or from something such as a show or a sports event: · His first year in business was so successful that John could afford to buy a delivery van with the proceeds.· The proceeds of the sale of the house went to an animal-welfare charity, as stated in the owner's will.
the amount of money that remains after a company or organization has paid all its costs, charges, wages etc: · Our surplus on book publishing last year was $47 million.· For the first time in 20 years Congress was working with a budget surplus.
the profit that someone makes - use this especially when you think that the person or company making the profit is only interested in getting money or an advantage for themselves: for gain (=in order to make a profit): · If private hospitals are operating purely for gain, how can we be sure they have the patients' best interests at heart?short-term gain (=a situation in which profits may be made for a short time, but which may cause losses and problems in the future): · Companies just don't invest enough -- short-term gain is all they think about.
a profit from leaving money in the bank or lending it to a company an amount of profit that you make at an agreed rate when you put money into a bank or similar institution: · If you had half a million dollars you could easily live off the interest.· John had put his grandfather's money in the bank, and was getting $400 a month in interest.rate of interest (=the agreed amount paid as interest): · The best rate of interest the banks can offer is around 14 per cent.high/low interest: · a high interest savings account
the total profit that you get as a result of putting money into a bank, company etc - used especially in business: · The company offers the hope of big returns for people who buy its shares.return on an investment: · The return on the initial investment was huge.
the exact amount of profit that you get as a result of lending money to a company, government etc - used especially in business: · We have calculated the probable yield from this investment at around 17%.· If you invest the money now, the yield after only twelve months will be $3160.
to get a profit to get a profit, especially from business deals: make £1 million/$10,000 etc: · British Telecom made over $3 billion last year.make money: · The restaurant makes a lot of money in the summer.make money doing something: · You could make a lot of money selling your photographs, they're excellent.make millions/make a fortune: · Mandon, our richest cousin, had made a fortune in the cable TV business.make out of: · The entrepreneur boasted that he could make money out of anything, even pebbles in the beach.
to get a profit from a business or from selling something: · Harry made a good profit - he bought the house for £45,000 and sold it for £55,000 six months later.· When you consider how much this meal would cost to prepare at home, you realize that the restaurant must be making an enormous profit.make a profit of $53m/£600 etc: · The drug company Sasco made a profit of $53 million last year.make a profit on: · Even though the price has been reduced, the builders will still make a profit on the sale.
to make a profit from business or from putting money in a bank, lending it to a company etc: · The Washington Post Company earned $187 million in 1987.· Our finances look better if we include the profit earned on the sale of our London offices.· She decided to put the money in a high-earning investment account.
informal to get a very large profit quickly from one successful business deal: · He had made a killing on the stock exchange that morning.· Vito's a debonair middle-aged New Yorker, who's made a killing in advertising.
to not make a profit an unprofitable business or activity does not make a profit and is likely to have debts: · The company says that the publishing side of its division is unprofitable and must be closed down.· Unprofitable flight routes have been axed as recession hits the aviation industry.· The bank isn't likely to lend money to an unprofitable business like yours.
not making enough profits to be successful or to successfully compete with other companies, industries etc - use this especially when this is a reason for closing the company, industry etc: · Most of the old nationalized industries were labelled 'uneconomic' and sold off to private companies.· Workers in uneconomic areas of the economy fought hard to keep their factories and mines open.
when a business produces a profit a profitable business or activity makes a profit: · We don't sell children's clothes any more - it wasn't profitable enough.· It's only in the last year that our business has become profitable. Before that we were just managing to cover our costs.
a type of business or activity that is lucrative produces a very large profit: · Catering is a very lucrative business if you succeed in it.· Sam's journalistic work was much more lucrative than his painting had ever been.· There is still an illegal but lucrative trade in ivory between Africa and South-East Asia.
British informal a business or product that produces a large profit: · The little bar turned out to be a real moneyspinner.· The toy companies are always trying to find another money-spinner like Monopoly or the Barbie doll.
informal a small business, especially a shop or restaurant, that produces a very large profit: · It's just a scruffy little beach café, but in summer it's an absolute goldmine.· I bet that corner shop's a goldmine.
to not make a profit · The company made a small loss last year but this year has managed to break even.· We'll be just breaking even if we can get an average audience of 300.
British a company or business that is non-profitmaking does business so that its profits are used to provide money for hospitals, poor people etc: · Traidcraft is a non-profitmaking organization that buys goods from Indian workers at fair prices.
to make a profit in an unfair way to make a profit from a situation in a way that is wrong or unfair: · He's just cashing in on the fact that his wife is famous.· Have you noticed how the record companies cash in on the death of famous pop stars by re-releasing all their old records?
to make a profit from a bad situation, instead of trying to help people: · Nobody should be allowed to profit from war and human suffering.· Crafty entrepreneurs like Harper profited from the ignorance of the masses.
when someone makes large profits from a bad situation by charging extremely high prices for things that people need to buy: · The emergency government brought in a special law to prevent hoarding and profiteering.· As food supplies dwindled, complaints against profiteering became more vociferous.
to make an unfair profit out of someone who is in a weaker position than yourself or who seriously needs the things you can sell them, do for them etc: · Measure are being taken to stop employment agencies exploiting foreign workers desperate to find a job.· Many 'New Age' therapists simply exploit the hopes and fears of sick people who would be better off going to their own doctor.· loan sharks who exploit the poor by charging up to 1000% interest per year.
WORD SETSafter-sales service, agro-industry, nounarcade, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectivebakery, nounbar code, nounbargain, nounbarrier to trade, nounbarrow, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbidding, nounbid-rigging, nounboard of directors, nounBOL, bonded factory, bookshop, nounbookstall, nounbookstore, nounbook token, nounboom, nounboom, verbboot sale, nounboutique, nounboxed, adjectivebreakdown clause, B/S, business agent, business interruption insurance, business liability insurance, buyback, nounbuyer, nounbuying power, C&F, callback, nouncarrying charge, cash and carry, nouncash basis, nouncash desk, nouncash discount, nouncash generation, cash price, cash register, nouncasualty insurance, CFI, CFR, chain store, nounchamber of trade, nouncheckout, nounCIF, CIP, clearance sale, nounclosed-door policy, nounComdex, nouncommercial agent, common ownership, comparative advantage, competitive advantage, competitive strategy, completion date, concessionaire, nounconsign, verbconsignee, nounconsignment, nounconsignor, nounconsolidator, nounconsumer, nounconsumer confidence, nounconsumerism, nounconsumer society, nouncontinuous improvement, conversion rate, corn exchange, nouncorporate investment, cost, nouncost price, nouncreative brief, credit, nouncredit account, nouncredit control, credit note, nouncreditor turnover rate, nouncredit terms, credit voucher, nouncustom, nouncustomer, nouncustomer capital, cutover, nouncut-price, adjectivedealership, noundebit account, declaration insurance, deliverable, noundelivery date, delivery receipt, deputy chairman, dime store, noundirect investment, disability insurance, discount, noundiscounting, noundispenser, noundistribute, verbdistributive, adjectivedocket, noundocumentary credit, domestic investment, draft terms, draper, noundrive-in, noundrive-in store, -driven, suffixdrop-shipping, nounDutch auction, nounearnings, nounEFQM Excellence Model, electronic point of sale, embargo, verbemporium, nounescalator clause, escape clause, executive chairman, expiration date, export, nounexport, verbexport credit, exporter, nounexport insurance, extended credit, external competitiveness, EXW, factory shop, fair dealing, financial investment, first-tier supplier, flat, adjectiveflea market, nounfleet terms, florist, nounfor-profit, adjectivefree market, nounfree port, nounfreight, nounfreight, verbfront end, nounfutures market, noungift certificate, noungift token, noungift-wrap, verbgiveaway, nounglut, noungoodwill, noungrandfather clause, greengrocer, noungross margin, noungross national product, noungross profit, nounguaranteed price, halo effect, handle, verbhandling charge, nounhigh street, nounhome product, hookup, nounHP, nounindent, nounindirect sale, industrial estate, nouninstallment plan, nouninstalment, nounInternet Service Provider, inventory, nouninvestment goods, invoice, nouninvoice, verbjob order, kanban system, layaway, nounleasing, nounliability insurance, license, verbline, nounlist price, nounlong-term credit, loss leader, nounlot, nounlumberyard, nounmail order, nounmarkdown, nounmarket, nounmarket-driven, adjectivemarket economy, nounmarket forces, nounmarketing, nounmarket leader, nounmarket-led, adjectivemarket price, nounmarket research, nounmarket value, nounmark-up, nounmedium-term credit, mercantile, adjectivemerchandise, nounmerchandiser, nounmerchant, nounMNC, MNE, move, verbmultiple, nounmultiple store, nounoff, adverboffer, nounoff-the-shelf, adjectiveo.n.o., open, adjectiveopen, verbopening hours, nounorder, nounorder, verbOTC, out, adverboutbid, verboutpost, nounoutsell, verboverbid, verboverbook, verboversubscribed, adjectiveovertrade, verbown brand, adjectiveown label, adjectivepackage, verbpackage deal, nounpackager, nounpackaging, nounpacket, nounparade, nounpart exchange, nounpass-along, nounpass-through, nounpeddle, verbpedlar, nounperformance guarantee, perfumery, nounpetty cash, nounpitch, nounplaza, nounpoint of sale, nounprice, nounprice, verbprice fixing, nounprice-fixing, nounprice list, nounprice tag, nounprice war, nounprivate company, private investment, problem child, nounproducer, nounproduction control, profit, nounprofit margin, nounpro forma invoice, nounpro-forma invoice, property and liability insurance, proprietary, adjectivepunter, nounpurchase, verbpurchase, nounpurveyor, nounpyramid selling, nounquotation, nounrake-off, nounready-to-wear, adjectivereal estate, nounreceipt, nounrefund, verbregular, nounrelaunch, nounremnant, nounrent, verbrent, nounrental, nounreorder, verbresell, verbreserve, nounretail, nounretail, verbretail, adverbretailer, nounretailing, nounretail park, nounrevolving credit, sale, nounsales channel, sales slip, nounsecond-tier supplier, secured credit, self-service, adjectivesell-by date, nounseller, nounseller's market, nounselling, nounselling price, nounserve, verbservice, nounservice agreement, service bureau, nounsettlement date, sex shop, nounshelf life, nounship, verbshopfitting, nounshopping centre, nounshopping mall, nounshopping precinct, nounshop-soiled, adjectiveshopworn, adjectiveshort-term credit, showcase, nounshowroom, nounshrink-wrapped, adjectivesister company, soft sell, nounsolicit, verbsouk, nounspecial, nounSRP, stand, nounstand-alone, adjectivestaple, nounstartup, nounstationer, nounstock, nounstockist, nounstockroom, nounstocktaking, nounstoppage in transit, nounstore brand, nounstorefront, nounstreet price, strip mall, nounstructural analysis, supermarket, nounsuperstore, nounsurcharge, nounsurcharge, verbtake-up, nountakings, nountelesales, nountender, verbthrift shop, nounthroughput, nounticket, nounticket, verbtill, nountout, verbtrade discount, nountrade fair, nountrade-in, nountrademark, nountradename, nountrade name, nountrade price, nountrader, nountrade route, nountrade secret, nountradesman, nountrading estate, nountrading post, nountraffic, nountrafficker, nountrigger point, uneconomic, adjectiveunit price, noununsecured credit, upfront fee, wares, nounwarranty, nounwholesale, nounwholesale, adjectivewholesaler, nounwinding up, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
Of course the supermarkets’ aim is to make fat profits. Tourism generates income for local communities. He managed to make a handsome profit out of the deal. a huge increase in cost They made a profit of £140 million. The company’s main function is to maximize profit. The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. Companies can plough back their profits into new equipment. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter. Pre-tax profits fell 26.6% to £3.1 million. Those who do take risks often reap the rewards.
· Drug companies make huge profits.
(=happening quickly)· They were only interested in a quick profit.
· There is a good profit to be made in selling cars.
· The agent then sells the land for a substantial profit to someone else.
(=big)· By the second year, the restaurant began to make a healthy profit.
· The business managed to produce a small profit last year.
(=after tax and costs are paid)· The company made a net profit of $10.5 million.
(also pre-tax profit) (=before tax and costs are paid)· The hotel group made a gross profit of £51.9 million in 2008.
(=profit relating to a company’s normal activities)· Both turnover and operating profits were lower.
verbs· We are in business to make a profit.
(=make a profit)· Without the liquor sales, the store could not turn a profit.
(=make a profit)· The business will not show a profit this year.
(=officially announce a profit)· The company reported net profits of $3.6 million for fiscal year 2006.
· We have the capacity to generate more profit.
(=make them increase)· They aim to boost profits by slashing costs.
(=make them as big as possible)· Every firm tries to maximize its profits.
· Pre-tax profits were up 21.5%.
· Half of the firms surveyed expected profits to rise.
(=increase by a large amount)
· The group saw profits fall from £24m to £17.8m.
(=fall by a large amount)· The group’s pre-tax profits slumped to £25.5m.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· U.S. corporate profits were higher than analysts predicted.
Of course the supermarkets’ aim is to make fat profits.· The company has cut its profit forecast by £18m to £570m.
Tourism generates income for local communities. He managed to make a handsome profit out of the deal. a huge increase in cost They made a profit of £140 million. The company’s main function is to maximize profit. The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. Companies can plough back their profits into new equipment. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter. Pre-tax profits fell 26.6% to £3.1 million. Those who do take risks often reap the rewards. (=make or lose money on a sale) Tony had to sell the business at a loss.
Tony had to sell the business at a loss. (=high profit that you did not expect to make)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Bristol Rovers announced an annual profit of nearly £90,000 and disclosed they have £1.3m in the bank.· Soon sales had increased by 17 percent and the center was turning a $ 111, 000 annual profit.· But the Newcastle-based computer group Sage has surged ahead by 20p to 454p after a 32% annual profits increase.· She said the company will report its first-ever annual profit in 1995, and will do even better this year.· The small annual profits of the Edinburgh and Dundee clubs were interspersed with losses and no dividends were distributed to shareholders.· Its paging business was booming, and annual operating profits broke the $ 1 billion mark.· Reckitt & Colman also revealed annual profits at the top end of market expectations, but the price slipped 3p to 603p.· The growers who are crying wolf today about the lack of water will post their annual profits in a few months.
· There are big profits to be made in the international exotic bird trade.· But Arnold Thomas smelled a bigger profit from the up-and-coming developers who were looking to build back-to-backs for the mill-workers.· Now that the carrier is making big profits, they say it's payback time.· Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit.· First, if partially successful, it will lead to a big profits boom for the capitalists.· A clever financial coup over Executive Life's junk-bond portfolio produced big profits for its acquirer.· The result: its biggest profit in three years.
· Consumers, investors and workers have all threatened corporate profit in different ways, with varying degrees of success.· Interest rates are low, inflation seems whipped, job growth is strong, corporate profits are soaring.· Restrictions on the repatriation of private and corporate profits and capital were also lifted.· Meanwhile, private investment will remain strong, propelled by a 14 % increase in corporate profits in 1995.· Is the goal to maximize corporate profits for the few or to meet all basic human needs and protect the Earth?· The key issue for corporate profits in the new year will be economic growth.· Multinational corporate profits and stock-market valuations are up been a comparative salt mine.· Meanwhile, the corporate profits share of national income continues to be at its highest level since the late 1960s.
· This represents a difference or rather gross profit of 65p per dozen or £14.98 per bird over the same period.· Sales less cost of sales yields a gross profit of $ 350.· The possibility of a high gross profit margin. 6.· Certainly one of the most important and most sensitive variables to be estimated is the gross profit margin.· However, gross profit was down only £2m to £94m.· The difference between sales and cost of sales is the gross profit which is distributed as tax and dividends.· Water Assessment 1992 was an excellent year for oceanographic and water related work, with a gross profit significantly ahead of budget.· A particular case that I remember was the client's stock calculations geared to achieving the required gross profit percentage.
· And hospital chiefs are confident the shops will turn in healthy profits that will be used to improve patient care.· At a time when many chains are losing money, Lechters is turning a healthy profit.· Burmah Castrol, the lubricants group, was one impressive performer as dealers cheered its healthy profits rise.· Companies continue to register healthy profits.· Bought four years ago from Johnson Matthey, it has since trebled turnover and is now making healthy profits.· So does that add up to conflict for the pubs; healthy drinking verses healthy profit?· Both, along with Red Dragon in Cardiff, which he also picked up, were now showing a healthy profit.· The couple had taken over the shop six years previously and had achieved a healthy profit through hard work.
· Criticism should always be a positive move along the road to high profits.· Further, the higher the profits, the easier it is to corrupt government agents.· To achieve the highest levels of profit the Profitboss sets to achieve the highest levels of trust within his team.· The higher import quota also means greater volume and higher profit margins for other refiners like Alexander&.· It is an essential key for achieving high levels of profit consistently.· Then compare the maximal profits on each subset, and choose one with the highest profits.· The connection of status and power with size, rather than with high profits perse, seems fairly self-evident.· Analysts say private management should mean higher profits at the bank.
· For the sake of a handful of people making huge profits the entire planet has been put in jeopardy.· The mortgage trader who could predict the behavior of the homeowners made huge profits.· They were so cheap that, even with the cost of smuggling them west, Kurzlinger could make a huge profit.· Chan became successful at investing and was making huge profits within several months.· They sold low-price share options - and pocketed huge profits as City prices soared.· In our opinion, what we are seeing in the industry is the unwinding of huge profits.· This simple notion can make huge profits.· And she has been criticized for reaping huge profits in commodities trading.
· No net profit or per share figures were given.· MCSNet ended 1993 with a significant net profit.· Solvay showed a 40 percent fall in net profits in 1991 compared to 1990.· Arcade had net profit 16. 9 million guilders in its fiscal year ended March on sales of about 398 million guilders.· The basic rate is 40 percent, of the net profits.· Fujitsu says it expects to break even in 1993-94, with zero net profit.
· Eight analysts surveyed Friday had predicted pretax profit of between 130 million pounds and 127 million pounds.· Macdougall said he lowered his estimate for 1996 pretax profit to 17 million pounds.· House of Fraser yesterday warned its fiscal 1996 pretax profit would be below expectations as margins declined.· That means First Interstate managers could reap about $ 300 million in pretax profits cashing in their options.· Without the proposed issues, pretax profit would come to 496. 43 million ringgit, the circular said.
· Presumably a substantial profit could be made if the church bought the land and subsequently sold it.· Like the annexation of Tucson Mall a decade earlier, these three areas could provide a substantial profit for the city.· He'd been running the clinic at a substantial profit for nearly ten years.· The company was slow to restructure, and its problems could carry over into another substantial profit decline in 1996.· Middlesbrough made a substantial profit last season, especially with two good Cup runs, and have an extra Premier League windfall.· About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.· He commanded $ 1m a film, plus a share of often substantial profits.
· The cash call was accompanied by a statement that taxable profits for last year would not be less than £200,000.· The previous 12 months saw taxable profits of £13 million.· Fashion retailer Next was on everybody's buy list as it boosted taxable profits threefold.· As a result it slipped into a loss of £1.33m in 1988 against a £1.71m taxable profit in 1987.· For both partnerships and companies all properly incurred expenses of the trade can be offset against revenue when computing taxable profit.· Companies pay corporation tax calculated on their taxable profits after allowance for interest payments and depreciation.· So a £100,000 investment immediately reduces taxable profit by £100,000.· A slump in taxable profits left food distributor Booker down 19p at 420p.
· Derwent is expected to make trading profits of £2 million or so in the year to March.· At the trading level, profits slipped from I£17.7m to I£16.2m.· Turnover increased 10 percent to 1,752 million, while trading profits increased 3 percent to 252 million.· In 1991 the stake in Carnaud-Metalbox contributed about a quarter of total trading profits of £125 million.· Losses after interest Trading profit was about £110,000, but losses after interest amounted to £2.2m.· The £949 million provision cancelled out 1992 trading profits of £565 million, down from £789 million last time.· In 1992, 75% of the Group's trading profits were derived from the sale of spirits and 25% from brewing.· Trading conditions in many countries were extremely difficult last year, but both spirits and beers increased their trading profits.
NOUN· Shareholders get nothing more than a bald one-year profit forecast.· Olivetti shares have tumbled 15 percent since last week as analysts downgraded profit forecasts.· You can also conduct profit forecasts, identify profitable work and problem areas.· James Capel has, it appears, lopped £25m from its profit forecast and now expects £165m.· City analysts immediately slashed their profit forecasts from around £15m to around £5m.· He added that a downgrading in profit forecasts was normal in a recession.
· Tokyo stock exchange-listed companies are forecasting annual profit growth of just 0.6 per cent between October and March 2001.· That raised concern that profit growth may be slowing.· Our skills at managing these unique and complex relationships have helped to fuel expansion and profit growth.· Wehmiller's pre-tax profit growth, 55 percent to £8.1m in the year to July 31, was almost all from acquisitions.· These shares had a big run in 1995 and investors seemed concerned their profit growth will slow.· It is expected that these new launches will, in time, be significant contributors to the profit growth of this business.· In the case of Dorling Kindersley, there is the prospect of strong profits growth from its existing businesses.
· But his concern for profit margins kept wage levels low and he was intensely suspicious of trade unionism.· But profit margins were just 1 per cent.· Executives point to increased regulatory pressures as well as scrawny profit margins on underwriting new state and local government issues.· Increased international competition almost certainly contributed to holding down profit margins.· His backup was cement, and he knew exactly what profit margin to expect on it.· The health ministry has fixed the pharmacists' profit margin at 10 %.· Beyond those, they cite the high costs of customer disaffection, which drives down both profit margins and market share.
· As a result, it is now being reorganised. Operating profit fell to £10.5m from £11.1m in 1991.· Up to two thirds of the operating profits of owner-managed companies goes on interest payments, it is claimed today.· Its operating profits have increased by 20% from £22.5 million to £27.1 million.· Cost-cutting helped boost operating profits 78% to £904,000 in the six months to end October.· Terry's, sold earlier this month to Kraft for £220 million, saw operating profits fall 6 percent to £13.4 million.· This involves, among other things, comparing the level of debt with operating profits as well as with the value of the assets.· This was after the interest bill surged to £11.5m from £3.8m, negating operating profits.· But operating profits rose 8 percent to £30.2 million, and Weir Floway contributed £1.97 million.
· If real product wages rise more slowly than productivity then the profit share rises.· Meanwhile, the corporate profits share of national income continues to be at its highest level since the late 1960s.· If the growth of labour costs exceeds that of productivity, the profit share is squeezed.· There was virtually no change in the profit share between the mid-fifties and mid-sixties.· The profit share fell sharply from 1960.· During the periods when the profit share declined, a definite fall in the output-capital ratio occurred.· All other things being equal, the smaller the retailing mark-up, the greater the profit share for the manufacturer.
· To do that it would have to make pre-tax profits of around £60 million.· Persimmon had a pre-tax profit of 25 million pounds on sales of 206 million pounds in 1994.· Pre-tax profit after these items fell from £4.7m to £3m.· Pre tax profits for the year ended 31st March 1991, dropped by £1.24m to £2.51m.· However, its pre-tax profits slipped by 38 per cent to £1 billion.· A bill was passed reducing the tax profit level from 50 to 40 percent and 35 percent in agriculture.· Pre-tax profits for 1997 were reported as Pounds 41.5m and that year the shares traded between 34p and 46.5p.· In May the group announced pre-tax profits of Pounds 9m on turnover of Pounds 197m.
· After the profits warning was announced, the shares had slumped by up to 100p.· Other companies issuing profit warnings or unexpectedly weak earnings included Hutchison Technology Inc., down 6 to 36 1 / 2.· Harland's shares rose 15 to 94p compared with 585p before the profit warning.· Engineering group Wheway dipped 5p to 7p after a profits warning.· Last year, the shares traded in the 14p to 4p range as the market reacted to takeover rumours and profit warnings.· Despite earlier profit warnings, the results were worse than expected.
VERB· Bristol Rovers announced an annual profit of nearly £90,000 and disclosed they have £1.3m in the bank.· In August, the company announced net profit for the year ended June 30 rose 75 percent on increased sales.· Mount Charlotte Thistle announced its pre-tax profit down to £1.5 million from £29.1 million the previous six months.· SmithKline Beecham announced that second quarter profit before tax rose by 10% to £254m.· Northants profit Cricket: NatWest Trophy holders Northamptonshire have announced a net profit of £19,312 for last year.· Computer, software and semiconductor companies advanced as Lam Research and Lattice Semiconductor announced profits surpassing analysts' estimates.
· Price cuts failed to boost sales so profit margins have been slashed.· Co. said strength in its trading and investment banking businesses boosted fourth-quarter profit 89 percent.· That enabled it to boost pre-tax profits to March 31 to £101.4m from £65.7m in the previous 12 months.· John Sculley hoped to boost short-term profits by pricing it at $ 2, 495.· Fashion retailer Next was on everybody's buy list as it boosted taxable profits threefold.· A strong dollar boosts exporters' profits by allowing them to lower prices abroad, which makes them more competitive.· Cost-cutting helped boost operating profits 78% to £904,000 in the six months to end October.· Lower rates make it cheaper for companies to borrow money, which can boost their profits and stock prices.
· Members benefited from both the restricted entry and competition controls, allowing many of them to earn oligopolistic profits.· Largely unregulated managed-care organizations earn outrageous profits.· Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit.· To make taffy, to advertise taffy, to provide employment, to earn a profit, to inspire Otto Rossler?· I believe they offer every reason to earn you a profit during the winter months.· And Liggett reportedly has earned little or no profit for each of the last several years.· Cash is totally liquid, but earns no profit.· Operating efficiency: measures of the efficiency with which corporate resources are employed to earn a profit. 4.
· The rise comes against a national picture of rising repossessions, falling profits and poor asset growth at other regional building societies.· Refining overcapacity and falling profit margins are among the chief reasons, they said.· With excess capacity and falling profits, firms are likely to cut their investment plans this year.· In Brussels, the market fell after investors snagged profits following a record-setting run that opened the new year.· If it falls also on monopoly profits, the total yield of the tax is.
· We know that strategy 2 generates zero profit, and strategy 1 should generate the same zero profit.· In many cases, a business may not be generating enough profit to take full advantage of these tax benefits.· Banks are generating record profits and using excess cash to buy out competitors and repurchase their own shares.· East Midlands Electricity added 1p to 408p after generating a 23% profits rise to £30.3m.· Stock markets in both countries value the corporate assets that generate these profits relatively cheaply, he says.· As a result, he said, Unix software and services will increasingly generate higher profits and growth.· Many universities see their law schools as businesses generating pure profit.
· Sales increased by 12% and profit was up by 28%.· The logic with margin is that you can leverage your assets to buy additional securities and increase your profits if prices rise.· Set your team a competition to increase profit levels by 10 percent this week.· Diminished revenue was reported on the trams, but increasing profits on the lighting side.· The complaint states that Asarco employed unsafe mining methods to increase the company's profit.· It is the cutting edge of Hartlepool's economy increasing profits, turnover, employees and training.· Obviously, firms normally try to increase their profit and to avoid loss.
· Barretts & Baird made a profit of £180,000 in the year to end-March on a turnover of £117m.· The mortgage trader who could predict the behavior of the homeowners made huge profits.· Like most game-machine makers, Bandai sells each Pippin at a loss, hoping to make its profits from the software.· Chan became successful at investing and was making huge profits within several months.· It made profits of £5.4 million in the 1990-91 season.· The owner is being reimbursed for it, we make a profit on it.· The immediate answer might well be that one is making a financial profit and the other a loss.· Lois will only make a profit or loss under the second strategy when there are changes in relative prices.
· Is the goal to maximize corporate profits for the few or to meet all basic human needs and protect the Earth?· Business, after all, exists to maximize profits.· On the supply side, firms maximize profits and entry occurs until the marginal firm can only just break even.· The technicians and experts simply mirror this reality as they squabble over the means to maximize profits for their respective ruling classes.· He is meticulous in developing, implementing and maintaining systems which minimize inventory and maximize profit.· But it should come as no shock that the oil industry is out to maximize profits.· Apple, which disdained cloning until early 1995, instead chose to maximize profit margins.· Private actors are allowed to make decisions and take actions that maximize their profits and their share of the resources.
· On July 20-21 the Congress approved the lowering of the maximum corporate tax from 50 percent on operating profits to 30 percent.· Retail operating profit rose 30 % to 32. 7 million.· An operating profit of £184m enabled 69 % of the interest due on loans to be funded out of turnover totalling £666m.· Its paging business was booming, and annual operating profits broke the $ 1 billion mark.· Four units posted double-digit increases in revenue and operating profits.· But they may have to sell stocks if they fail to raise enough operating profits, he said.· Last year, Nomura reported operating profits of 7. 938 billion yen on sales of 334. 980 billion yen.· Daimler said its operating profit in 1995, excluding one-time charges and writeoffs, improved.
· There is nothing so admirable as a man who applies his knowledge with forceful direction and from his efficiency reaps a profit.· Several predicted that they will be reap higher yields and profits while saving their soil.· Cricket: Red rose blooms in business David Hopps on how Lancashire reaped record profits.· Hospitals can reap handsome profits that way.· Her landlord plans to reap big profits housing spectators.· And she has been criticized for reaping huge profits in commodities trading.
· The same result may occur even if the tenant does not consciously reduce his profit margin.· Lost revenues during shutdown periods are opportunity costs that can temporarily reduce profits.· But the pay of their employees is an expense which reduces profits, not a source of demand which realizes them.· The losses of the loss corporation reduce the profits of the profitable corporation.· However, salary is a cost to the business and therefore reduces profit.· Several retailers are expected to be takeover candidates as a slowing economy reduces sales and profits, analysts said.· So a £100,000 investment immediately reduces taxable profit by £100,000.· Wegener said the acquisition will not reduce the expected profit increase.
· Yahoo!, the big Internet portal company, reported fourth-quarter profits in line with expectations.· For the year ending 30 September, 1992, Quayle Munro reported pre-tax profits of £510,000.· The company reported its first profit last year and sales have risen sharply.· Roche will report net profit April 24.
· They had them sub-titled in order to be sold abroad for possible profit.· They took assets on to their books assuming they would sell them at a profit shortly afterwards.· But unlike physicians, veterinarians sell -- and profit from -- the drugs they prescribe.· By 1973 it was in production and selling at a good profit to Jensen for the new Jensen-Healey.· Above this line standard uplifts for selling expenses and budgeted profit are added to arrive at average selling price.· Another woman explains how a food co-operative has been set up, buying in bulk and selling at no profit to members.· They say that relics of Hitler's reign should be destroyed, not sold for profit.
· However, it may be some time before the transformation shows itself in bottom-line profits.· Corel declined to say whether the company would show a profit for the SeptemberNovember quarter.· Are losses being taken and shown on the profit and loss account or balance sheet?· First-quarter results, which have been delayed because of the investigation, showed a profit, he added.· Virgin had shown a profit of more than £11m in the last year.· Governments, unlike industries, do not have to compete and show a profit!· Harland & Wolff has yet to show a profit, but the future looks good.· True believers claim these vacant residential parcels not only will pay for themselves, but will eventually show a profit.
· Indeed, the trading profit went nowhere in 2000.· I drink politically correct, organic coffee cultivated by small farmers who get their fair-trading share of the profits.· Such letters can be traded for a profit.
· Richard could be turning his nightmares to profits, but his dad thinks they may have thrown away a fortune already.· Of the participating builders in the survey, 66 percent said they turned a profit in 1993.· But private operators can turn profits only if prices rise radically and rapidly.· As a result, they turn a profit quicker, Johannesen said.· These have turned in greatly enhanced profits for the year ending December 31.· Blue chip refers to firms with long track records for turning profits and paying dividends.· The threat could be used as a safeguard, sure; but it could also be used to turn a further profit.· Ueberroth turned a multimillion-dollar profit for the Olympics by selling big-bucks sponsorships to corporations.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- In 1899, the mansion cost the tidy sum of $350,000.
- And, if my memory serves me right, you stand to rake in a tidy sum on that.
- Chief Auctioneer, Michael Welch, suggests that silver, brass or other trinkets could well fetch a tidy sum.
- Even allowing for what they would have lost on laundering the proceeds, there should have been a tidy sum.
- He has sold no less than five cars, each one at a tidy profit.
- Nevertheless that blip was long enough for some one to make a tidy profit.
- These represented a tidy sum, not a great fortune but enough for her to be comfortably off.
- Until now they have made a tidy profit from selling re-issued pop hits from the fifties, sixties and seventies.
- Would we be right in thinking, a tidy sum?
- And the 1984 Olympics turned a profit of $ 225 million.
- As a result, they turn a profit quicker, Johannesen said.
- Blue chip refers to firms with long track records for turning profits and paying dividends.
- But private operators can turn profits only if prices rise radically and rapidly.
- It plans to turn a profit by the end of 2002.
- Of the participating builders in the survey, 66 percent said they turned a profit in 1993.
- Q: Will Wired turn a profit next year?
- Very few firms can turn a profit by selling just once and then scurrying out of town.
WORD FAMILYnounprofitprofitabilityprofiteeringprofiteeradjectiveprofitable ≠ unprofitableprofitlessverbprofitprofiteeradverbprofitablyprofitlessly
1[countable, uncountable] money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid OPP loss: The shop’s daily profit is usually around $500. She sold the business and bought a farm with the profits. They sold their house at a healthy profit.2[uncountable] formal an advantage that you gain from doing something: There’s no profit in letting meetings drag on. → non-profitCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa big/huge profit· Drug companies make huge profits.a quick profit (=happening quickly)· They were only interested in a quick profit.a good profit· There is a good profit to be made in selling cars.a substantial profit· The agent then sells the land for a substantial profit to someone else.a healthy/handsome/tidy profit (=big)· By the second year, the restaurant began to make a healthy profit.a small/modest profit· The business managed to produce a small profit last year.net profit (=after tax and costs are paid)· The company made a net profit of $10.5 million.gross profit (also pre-tax profit) (=before tax and costs are paid)· The hotel group made a gross profit of £51.9 million in 2008.trading/operating profit (=profit relating to a company’s normal activities)· Both turnover and operating profits were lower.verbsmake a profit· We are in business to make a profit.turn/earn a profit (=make a profit)· Without the liquor sales, the store could not turn a profit.show a profit (=make a profit)· The business will not show a profit this year.report/post a profit (=officially announce a profit)· The company reported net profits of $3.6 million for fiscal year 2006.generate profit(s)· We have the capacity to generate more profit.boost profits (=make them increase)· They aim to boost profits by slashing costs.maximize profits (=make them as big as possible)· Every firm tries to maximize its profits.profits are up/down· Pre-tax profits were up 21.5%.profits rise/increase/grow· Half of the firms surveyed expected profits to rise.profits soar/leap (=increase by a large amount)profits fall· The group saw profits fall from £24m to £17.8m.profits slump/plunge (=fall by a large amount)· The group’s pre-tax profits slumped to £25.5m.THESAURUSprofit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid: · Our profits are down this year.· The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.earnings the profit that a company makes: · The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results.· Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.return the profit that you get from an investment: · You should get a good return on your investment.· We didn’t get much of a return on our money.· They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.turnover the amount of business done during a particular period: · The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200bn.takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc: · He counted the night’s takings.· This week’s takings are up on last week’s.interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there: · They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3,000.· The money is still earning interest in your account.dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company: · Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share.· The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.profit1 nounprofit2 verb
profitprofit2 ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLE
profit
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | profit |
| he, she, it | profits | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | profited |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have profited |
| he, she, it | has profited | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had profited |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will profit |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have profited |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am profiting |
| he, she, it | is profiting | |
| you, we, they | are profiting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was profiting |
| you, we, they | were profiting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been profiting |
| he, she, it | has been profiting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been profiting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be profiting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been profiting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In the end, the stocks soared and everyone profited.
- Allowing insiders - ie, better-informed people - to profit from trading means that share prices reflect information more quickly.
- As long as he was winning, readers could profit.
- Investors buying these new issues also profited handsomely.
- It profited from their energy and their accumulated capital.
Longman Language Activatormoney that you make by doing business
money that you make by doing business, for example when you sell something for more that it cost you to buy it or to produce it: · We aim to increase our profits by at least 5% every year.· For the first time, the company's annual profits were over $1 million.· They don't care who they sell weapons to. All they are interested in is profit.make a profit: · They made a huge profit when they sold the business.
all the money that you get from selling something, or from something such as a show or a sports event: · His first year in business was so successful that John could afford to buy a delivery van with the proceeds.· The proceeds of the sale of the house went to an animal-welfare charity, as stated in the owner's will.
the amount of money that remains after a company or organization has paid all its costs, charges, wages etc: · Our surplus on book publishing last year was $47 million.· For the first time in 20 years Congress was working with a budget surplus.
the profit that someone makes - use this especially when you think that the person or company making the profit is only interested in getting money or an advantage for themselves: for gain (=in order to make a profit): · If private hospitals are operating purely for gain, how can we be sure they have the patients' best interests at heart?short-term gain (=a situation in which profits may be made for a short time, but which may cause losses and problems in the future): · Companies just don't invest enough -- short-term gain is all they think about.
a profit from leaving money in the bank or lending it to a company an amount of profit that you make at an agreed rate when you put money into a bank or similar institution: · If you had half a million dollars you could easily live off the interest.· John had put his grandfather's money in the bank, and was getting $400 a month in interest.rate of interest (=the agreed amount paid as interest): · The best rate of interest the banks can offer is around 14 per cent.high/low interest: · a high interest savings account
the total profit that you get as a result of putting money into a bank, company etc - used especially in business: · The company offers the hope of big returns for people who buy its shares.return on an investment: · The return on the initial investment was huge.
the exact amount of profit that you get as a result of lending money to a company, government etc - used especially in business: · We have calculated the probable yield from this investment at around 17%.· If you invest the money now, the yield after only twelve months will be $3160.
to get a profit to get a profit, especially from business deals: make £1 million/$10,000 etc: · British Telecom made over $3 billion last year.make money: · The restaurant makes a lot of money in the summer.make money doing something: · You could make a lot of money selling your photographs, they're excellent.make millions/make a fortune: · Mandon, our richest cousin, had made a fortune in the cable TV business.make out of: · The entrepreneur boasted that he could make money out of anything, even pebbles in the beach.
to get a profit from a business or from selling something: · Harry made a good profit - he bought the house for £45,000 and sold it for £55,000 six months later.· When you consider how much this meal would cost to prepare at home, you realize that the restaurant must be making an enormous profit.make a profit of $53m/£600 etc: · The drug company Sasco made a profit of $53 million last year.make a profit on: · Even though the price has been reduced, the builders will still make a profit on the sale.
to make a profit from business or from putting money in a bank, lending it to a company etc: · The Washington Post Company earned $187 million in 1987.· Our finances look better if we include the profit earned on the sale of our London offices.· She decided to put the money in a high-earning investment account.
informal to get a very large profit quickly from one successful business deal: · He had made a killing on the stock exchange that morning.· Vito's a debonair middle-aged New Yorker, who's made a killing in advertising.
to not make a profit an unprofitable business or activity does not make a profit and is likely to have debts: · The company says that the publishing side of its division is unprofitable and must be closed down.· Unprofitable flight routes have been axed as recession hits the aviation industry.· The bank isn't likely to lend money to an unprofitable business like yours.
not making enough profits to be successful or to successfully compete with other companies, industries etc - use this especially when this is a reason for closing the company, industry etc: · Most of the old nationalized industries were labelled 'uneconomic' and sold off to private companies.· Workers in uneconomic areas of the economy fought hard to keep their factories and mines open.
when a business produces a profit a profitable business or activity makes a profit: · We don't sell children's clothes any more - it wasn't profitable enough.· It's only in the last year that our business has become profitable. Before that we were just managing to cover our costs.
a type of business or activity that is lucrative produces a very large profit: · Catering is a very lucrative business if you succeed in it.· Sam's journalistic work was much more lucrative than his painting had ever been.· There is still an illegal but lucrative trade in ivory between Africa and South-East Asia.
British informal a business or product that produces a large profit: · The little bar turned out to be a real moneyspinner.· The toy companies are always trying to find another money-spinner like Monopoly or the Barbie doll.
informal a small business, especially a shop or restaurant, that produces a very large profit: · It's just a scruffy little beach café, but in summer it's an absolute goldmine.· I bet that corner shop's a goldmine.
to not make a profit · The company made a small loss last year but this year has managed to break even.· We'll be just breaking even if we can get an average audience of 300.
British a company or business that is non-profitmaking does business so that its profits are used to provide money for hospitals, poor people etc: · Traidcraft is a non-profitmaking organization that buys goods from Indian workers at fair prices.
to make a profit in an unfair way to make a profit from a situation in a way that is wrong or unfair: · He's just cashing in on the fact that his wife is famous.· Have you noticed how the record companies cash in on the death of famous pop stars by re-releasing all their old records?
to make a profit from a bad situation, instead of trying to help people: · Nobody should be allowed to profit from war and human suffering.· Crafty entrepreneurs like Harper profited from the ignorance of the masses.
when someone makes large profits from a bad situation by charging extremely high prices for things that people need to buy: · The emergency government brought in a special law to prevent hoarding and profiteering.· As food supplies dwindled, complaints against profiteering became more vociferous.
to make an unfair profit out of someone who is in a weaker position than yourself or who seriously needs the things you can sell them, do for them etc: · Measure are being taken to stop employment agencies exploiting foreign workers desperate to find a job.· Many 'New Age' therapists simply exploit the hopes and fears of sick people who would be better off going to their own doctor.· loan sharks who exploit the poor by charging up to 1000% interest per year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Of course the supermarkets’ aim is to make fat profits. Tourism generates income for local communities. He managed to make a handsome profit out of the deal. a huge increase in cost They made a profit of £140 million. The company’s main function is to maximize profit. The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. Companies can plough back their profits into new equipment. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter. Pre-tax profits fell 26.6% to £3.1 million. Those who do take risks often reap the rewards.
· U.S. corporate profits were higher than analysts predicted.
Of course the supermarkets’ aim is to make fat profits.· The company has cut its profit forecast by £18m to £570m.
Tourism generates income for local communities. He managed to make a handsome profit out of the deal. a huge increase in cost They made a profit of £140 million. The company’s main function is to maximize profit. The net profit (=after taxes, costs etc) was up 16.3% last month. Companies can plough back their profits into new equipment. Cisco Systems posted record profits and sales for the third fiscal quarter. Pre-tax profits fell 26.6% to £3.1 million. Those who do take risks often reap the rewards. (=make or lose money on a sale) Tony had to sell the business at a loss.
Tony had to sell the business at a loss. (=high profit that you did not expect to make)
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- In 1899, the mansion cost the tidy sum of $350,000.
- And, if my memory serves me right, you stand to rake in a tidy sum on that.
- Chief Auctioneer, Michael Welch, suggests that silver, brass or other trinkets could well fetch a tidy sum.
- Even allowing for what they would have lost on laundering the proceeds, there should have been a tidy sum.
- He has sold no less than five cars, each one at a tidy profit.
- Nevertheless that blip was long enough for some one to make a tidy profit.
- These represented a tidy sum, not a great fortune but enough for her to be comfortably off.
- Until now they have made a tidy profit from selling re-issued pop hits from the fifties, sixties and seventies.
- Would we be right in thinking, a tidy sum?
- And the 1984 Olympics turned a profit of $ 225 million.
- As a result, they turn a profit quicker, Johannesen said.
- Blue chip refers to firms with long track records for turning profits and paying dividends.
- But private operators can turn profits only if prices rise radically and rapidly.
- It plans to turn a profit by the end of 2002.
- Of the participating builders in the survey, 66 percent said they turned a profit in 1993.
- Q: Will Wired turn a profit next year?
- Very few firms can turn a profit by selling just once and then scurrying out of town.
WORD FAMILYnounprofitprofitabilityprofiteeringprofiteeradjectiveprofitable ≠ unprofitableprofitlessverbprofitprofiteeradverbprofitablyprofitlessly
1formal to be useful or helpful to someoneprofit somebody to do something It might profit you to learn about the company before your interview.profit by/from There are lessons in these stories that all children can profit by.2to get money from doing somethingprofit by/from Some industries, such as shipbuilding, clearly profited from the war.