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{
"term": "profit",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved",
"sensetop": "profit on somethingprofit from somethingprofit in somethingprofit in doing somethingat a profitfor profit",
"labels": "(North American English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**annual/pre-tax/corporate profits**"
},
{
"text": "**Profits before tax** grew from £615m to £1 168m."
},
{
"text": "a rise/an increase/a jump/a drop/a fall in profits"
},
{
"text": "to **maximize/increase profits**"
},
{
"text": "to **report/post profits** of £50 million"
},
{
"text": "The club may **turn a profit** *(= make a profit)* by the end of the year."
},
{
"text": "The sale generated **record profits**."
},
{
"text": "**Net profit** *(= after you have paid costs and tax)* was up 16.1 per cent."
},
{
"text": "The business recorded a **gross profit** of *(= before you pay costs and tax)* £1.45 million last year."
},
{
"text": "The division's **profit margins** are being squeezed."
},
{
"text": "The directors are driven only by the **profit motive**."
},
{
"text": "The company **made a** healthy **profit** on the deal.",
"contextForm": "profit on something"
},
{
"text": "Profit from exports rose 7.7 per cent.",
"contextForm": "profit from something"
},
{
"text": "The radio station **earns a profit** from its advertising."
},
{
"text": "There was little or no profit in the products themselves.",
"contextForm": "profit in something"
},
{
"text": "There isn’t much profit in running a restaurant these days.",
"contextForm": "profit in doing something"
},
{
"text": "We should be able to sell the house at a **huge profit**.",
"contextForm": "at a profit"
},
{
"text": "The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.",
"contextForm": "for profit"
},
{
"text": "At whose expense are those obscene profits made?"
},
{
"text": "Damaged goods mean lost profit."
},
{
"text": "He's only interested in making a quick profit."
},
{
"text": "Investors will take the profits."
},
{
"text": "Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000."
},
{
"text": "Profits surged 41 per cent to £13 million."
},
{
"text": "The company started to show a profit in its first year."
},
{
"text": "The expected profits have not materialized."
},
{
"text": "The goods were sold for profit."
},
{
"text": "They closed down after years of low profits."
},
{
"text": "a commodity that produced steady profits"
},
{
"text": "an annual profit of £50 000"
},
{
"text": "We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization."
},
{
"text": "The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "considerable", "decent"],
"verb + profit": ["bring", "bring in", "deliver"],
"profit + verb": ["climb", "grow", "increase"],
"profit + noun": ["margin", "rate", "sharing"],
"preposition": ["against profits", "at a profit", "for profit"],
"phrases": [
"a decline in profits",
"a fall in profits",
"an increase in profits"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the advantage that you get from doing something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Future lawyers could study this text with profit."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɒfɪt/",
"audio": "pr/profit/profit__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːfɪt/",
"audio": "pr/profit/profit__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘advantage, benefit’): from Old French, from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’. The verb is from Old French profiter."
}