profit

profit
    n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
         time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
         [syn: {net income}, {net}, {net profit}, {lucre}, {profit},
         {profits}, {earnings}]
    2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: {profit},
       {gain}]
    v 1: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast
         experience" [syn: {profit}, {gain}, {benefit}]
    2: make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not
       profited from the merger" [syn: {profit}, {turn a profit}]
       [ant: {break even}, {lose}, {turn a loss}]
    

Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.]
   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.
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         The word preached did not profit them.   --Heb. iv. 2.
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         It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy
         diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
                                                  --Dryden.
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Profit \Prof"it\, v. i.
   1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to
      gain; to advance.
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            I profit not by thy talk.             --Shak.
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   2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
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            Riches profit not in the day of wrath. --Prov. xi.
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Profit \Pro"fit\, n. [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress,
   profit, fr. profectum. See {Proficient}.]
   1. 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.
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            Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. --Rambler.
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   2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences;
      benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
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            This I speak for your own profit.     --1 Cor. vii.
                                                  35.
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            If you dare do yourself a profit and a right.
                                                  --Shak.
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   Syn: Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain;
        emolument.
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Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. i.
   1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
      entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
      as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
      wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
      turns on his heel.
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            The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.
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   2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
      to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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            Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
            war.                                  --Swift.
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   3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
      issue.
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            If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
            serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
            advantage.                            --Wake.
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   4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or
      tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
      applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
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            Turn from thy fierce wrath.           --Ex. xxxii.
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            Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.
                                                  xxxiii. 11.
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            The understanding turns inward on itself, and
            reflects on its own operations.       --Locke.
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   5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
      transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
      grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
      color turns to another; to turn Muslim.
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            I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.
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            Cygnets from gray turn white.         --Bacon.
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   6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
      turns well.
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   7. Specifically: 
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      (a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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      (b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
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                I'll look no more;
                Lest my brain turn.               --Shak.
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      (c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
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      (d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
          scales.
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      (e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
          said of the tide.
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      (f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the
          womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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   8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as
      temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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   {To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.
      

   {To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.

   {To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.

   {To turn aside} or {To turn away}.
      (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
          company; to deviate.
      (b) To depart; to remove.
      (c) To avert one's face.

   {To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
      to retrace one's steps.

   {To turn in}.
      (a) To bend inward.
      (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
      (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]

   {To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
      side street.

   {To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
      the road turns off to the left.

   {To turn on} or {To turn upon}.
      (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
      (b) To reply to or retort.
      (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.
          

   {To turn out}.
      (a) To move from its place, as a bone.
      (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
      (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
      (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
          the fire.
      (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
          crops turned out poorly.

   {To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
      tumble.

   {To turn round}.
      (a) To change position so as to face in another direction.
      (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or
          party to another.

   {To turn to}, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
      refer to. "Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
      occasions." --Locke.

   {To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to
      be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
      while.

   {To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.

   {To turn up}.
      (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.
      (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
          to happen.
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      worth, worthwhileness, yield, yield a profit