معنی کلمه Profit

money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services:
She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies.
A year ago the Tokyo company had a pretax profit of 35 million yen.
Company profits are down from last year's figures.
You don't expect to make much profit within the first couple of years of setting up a company.
He sold his house at a huge profit.
turn a profit
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to begin to earn a profit:
He’s been in business five years, but has not yet turned a profit.
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[ U ] the good result or advantage that can be achieved by a particular action or activity:
There's no profit to be gained from endlessly discussing whose fault it was.

More examples

The school summer fair made a clear profit of £500.
They buy paintings at auctions and then resell them at a vast profit to collectors.
We agreed before we did the deal that we'd both get an equal share of the profit.
All our profits are re-invested in research and development.
The successful branding and marketing of the new beer has already boosted sales and increased profits.

What kind of profit is that?