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turn a profit

turn a profit verb: to obtain profit from an investment.

Verb

turn a profit (third-person singular simple present turns a profit, present participle turning a profit, simple past and past participle turned a profit)

  1. (idiomatic) To obtain profit from an investment.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To gain money or to gain materially.
    • The company has not turned a profit from the merger.

Forms of turn a profit

third-person singular presentturns a profit
present participleturning a profit
past participleturned a profit
pastturned a profit

Questions about turn a profit

What does turn a profit mean?
Turn a profit means to obtain profit from an investment.
What part of speech is turn a profit?
Turn a profit is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn a profit?
The past tense of turn a profit is turned a profit.

Words near turn a profit in the dictionary

  1. turn a hair
  2. turn a new leaf
  3. turn a number of shades of red
  4. turn a page
  5. turn a phrase
  6. turn a profit
  7. turn a setback into a comeback
  8. turn a trick
  9. turn about
  10. turn about is fair play
  11. turn abouts

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