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profit

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1. profit - Noun

2. profit - Verb

3. Profit - Proper noun

Meaning

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.

Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,

To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.

To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.

To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Some suffer much from poverty and sickness, but are not humbled, and so they suffer without profit. But one who is humbled will be happy in all circumstances, because the Lord is his riches and joy, and all people will wonder at the beauty of his soul. Silouan the Athonite

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Plutarch

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. John C. Maxwell

There are only two things from which to choose: profit or loss. Hindi Proverb

When a dead tree falls, the woodpeckers profit from his death. Malawi Proverb

Profit is profit even in Mecca. Nigerian Proverb

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