How to use profit in a sentence

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• Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.From the entry jump
• We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.From the entry unit
• An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, and amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.From the entry before
• The prospectus held out the promise of enormous profits to be made.From the entry hold out
• Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.From the entry collapse
• The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.From the entry take off
• That shady trickster faked being a psychic advisor to spread misinformation and gain profit.From the entry trickster
• The high exchange rate will have a negative effect on our profits.From the entry negative
• Funny how the thought of huge profits can warp your judgment.From the entry warp
• Profits from the investment can be realized at any time by selling the shares.From the entry realize
• The distilled spirits are bottled and sold at a handsome profit.From the entry distilled
• If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.From the entry cut out
• He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.From the entry scantly
• I'll handle production, you handle sales, and we'll split profits fifty-fifty.From the entry fifty-fifty
• Monopolies engaging in profit maximization will produce at the quantity where its marginal revenue equals marginal cost.From the entry maximization
• This trifocused project will reduce expenses, improve customer satisfaction, and increase our profits.From the entry tri-focused
• Local businesses are more likely to respend their profits in the community.From the entry respend
• This company doesn't care about its customers: it's just out to make a profit.From the entry out to
• The concert hall was underbooked for most of the year and failed to make a profit.From the entry underbook
• These profit estimates for the next quarter don't look very life-affirming.From the entry life-affirming
• Although this was a good year for forest industry, percentually their profits increased least of all sectors.From the entry percentually
• Nobody had made profits of this size since the heady days of the stock-market boom.From the entry heady days
• Profits are $2 million, up from $1.5 million the year before.From the entry up from
• The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.From the entry meat
• Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.From the entry quadruple
• They hope to make a bigger profit.From the entry make
• Profits are only up right now because they slashed overhead, but employee morale and product quality have collapsed too.From the entry slash
• Electricity bosses set to make record profits.From the entry electricity
• Profits have slipped over the past six months.From the entry slip
• The company posted record profits this quarter.From the entry post
• This year's profits are nudging the 10 million mark.From the entry nudge
• Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.From the entry after all
• Profit margins are down and we're all in deep doo-doo.From the entry doo-doo
• Profit is the be-all and end-all of business.From the entry be-all and end-all
• She did not buy them for her own use but always intended to make a profit by selling on.From the entry selling on
• To annualise net profit, divide the year-to-date net profit by the number of completed months, and multiply by twelve.From the entry annualise
• The company had paper profits of two million dollars, but everyone knew that depreciation meant they had really lost 10 million.From the entry paper profit

Meaning of profit

1. noun Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
2. noun Benefit, positive result obtained.
3. verb To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).

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Questions about profit in a sentence

How do you use profit in a sentence?

Profit is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.”

What is a short sentence with profit?

“Electricity bosses set to make record profits.”

What does profit mean?

Profit means total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.