prof‧it 1 S1 W1 / prɒfət, prɒfɪt $ prɑ- / 名词
1 [可数和不可数名词] money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid 反义词 loss → revenue :
The shop’s daily profit is usually around $500.
She sold the business and bought a farm with the profits.
They sold their house at a healthy profit .
2 [不可数名词] formal an advantage that you gain from doing something :
There’s no profit in letting meetings drag on.
→ non-profit
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形容词
a big/huge profit Drug companies make huge profits.
a quick profit (= happening quickly ) They were only interested in a quick profit.
a good profit There is a good profit to be made in selling cars.
a substantial profit The agent then sells the land for a substantial profit to someone else.
a healthy/handsome/tidy profit (= big ) By the second year, the restaurant began to make a healthy profit.
a small/modest profit The business managed to produce a small profit last year.
net profit (= after tax and costs are paid ) The company made a net profit of $10.5 million.
gross profit ( also pre-tax profit ) (= before tax and costs are paid ) The hotel group made a gross profit of £51.9 million in 2008.
trading/operating profit (= profit relating to a company’s normal activities ) Both turnover and operating profits were lower.
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make a profit We are in business to make a profit.
turn/earn a profit (= make a profit ) Without the liquor sales, the store could not turn a profit.
show a profit (= make a profit ) The business will not show a profit this year.
report/post a profit (= officially an 名词 ce a profit ) The company reported net profits of $3.6 million for fiscal year 2006.
generate profit(s) We have the capacity to generate more profit.
boost profits (= make them increase ) They aim to boost profits by slashing costs.
maximize profits (= make them as big as possible ) Every firm tries to maximize its profits.
profits are up/down Pre-tax profits were up 21.5%.
profits rise/increase/grow Half of the firms surveyed expected profits to rise.
profits soar/leap (= increase by a large amount )
profits fall The group saw profits fall from £24m to £17.8m.
profits slump/plunge (= fall by a large amount ) The group’s pre-tax profits slumped to £25.5m.
THESAURUS
profit money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid : Our profits are down this year. | The big oil companies have made enormous profits following the rise in oil prices.
earnings the profit that a company makes : The company said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than last year’s results. | Pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million to $9.4 million.
return the profit that you get from an investment : You should get a good return on your investment. | We didn’t get much of a return on our money. | They’re promising high returns on investments of over $100,000.
turnover the amount of business done during a particular period : The illicit drugs industry has an annual turnover of some £200 bn.
takings the money that a business, shop etc gets from selling its goods in a day, week, month etc : He counted the night’s takings. | This week’s takings are up on last week’s.
interest money paid to you by a bank or other financial institution when you keep money in an account there : They are offering a high rate of interest on deposits of over £3000. | The money is still earning interest in your account.
dividend a part of a company’s profit that is divided among the people who have shares in the company : Shareholders will receive a dividend of 10p for each share. | The company said it will pay shareholders a final dividend of 700 cents a share.