Meaning & use
Profits
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Financial gains made when the amount earned from a business activity exceeds the amount spent on it.
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The company's profits doubled after it expanded into new markets.
Farmers reinvested their profits into better irrigation equipment.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'profits' means to benefit or gain from something, as in 'he profits from every sale.'
Words with a similar meaning
earningsgainsreturns
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Words with an opposite meaning
losses
Another way to use it
2. verb
Benefits or gains from something (third-person singular verb form of 'profit').
The charity profits from the community's generosity.
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