profits

Noun

Meaning

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

something won (especially money)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

income bunce win net revenue profit proceeds earnings receipt booty emolument wages lucre box office net profit

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Antonyms

expenditure uptake outlay phthisis accounts payable losings

Hypernyms

income financial gain

Hyponyms

killing margin accumulation dividend markup cleanup

Phrases with the word

illegal profits distribution of profits profits or losses share of profits share of the profits honest profits

Anagrams

sportif

Examples

It is no difficult trick to bring a great deal of energy, study, and native ability into Wall Street and to end up with losses instead of profits. These virtues, if channeled in the wrong directions, become indistinguishable from handicaps. Benjamin Graham

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large. Henry Ford

Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations. Sam Walton

A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. Arabic Proverb

When the tiger kills, the jackal profits. Afghan Proverb

Moderate profits fill the purse. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

profitmaking profitmonger profitmongering profits and losses profits or losses profits warning