Noun
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Source: WordNetIt is worth pointing out that assuredly not more than one person out of a hundred who stayed in the market after after 1925 emerged from it with a net profit and that the speculative losses taken were appalling. Benjamin Graham
Napoleon, far more Italian than French, Italian by race, by instinct, imagination, and souvenir, considers in his plan the future of Italy, and, on casting up the final accounts of his reign, we find that the net profit is for Italy and the net loss is for France. Hippolyte Taine
Napoleon, far more Italian than French, Italian by race, by instinct, imagination, and souvenir, considers in his plan the future of Italy, and, on casting up the final accounts of his reign, we find that the net profit is for Italy and the net loss is for France. Napoleon Bonaparte
1935 also saw the studio make a net profit of $674,158.00. Source: Internet
According to Jones, the London visits yielded a net profit of 15,000 florins. Source: Internet
After two years of heavy losses, a modest net profit of 40 million DM (US$29.2 million) followed in 1994. Source: Internet