词组 | profit |
释义 | profit /ˈprɒfət, ˈprɒfɪt $ ˈprɑː-/ noun money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paidadjectivesa big/huge/enormous profit Drug companies make huge profits.a small/modest profit The business produced a small profit last year.a quick profit (=happening quickly) They were only interested in a quick profit.a good profit There is a good profit to be made from selling cars.a substantial profit The agent then sells the land for a substantial profit to someone else.a healthy/handsome/tidy profit (=a big profit) By the second year, the restaurant began to make a healthy profit.a reasonable/decent profit (=good, or good enough) He is entitled to make a reasonable profit on the deal.net profit (=after tax and costs are paid) The company made a net profit of $10.5 million in the last financial year.gross profit also pre-tax profit (=before tax and costs are paid) The hotel group made a gross profit of £51.9 million in 2011.trading/operating profit (=from a company’s normal activities) Operating profits were lower than last year.fat profits informal (=large profits, used especially to show disapproval) While farmers are going out of business, supermarkets are still making fat profits.verbs + profitmake a profit We are in business to make a profit.turn/earn a profit (=make a profit) Without liquor sales, the store could not turn a profit.show a profit (=make a profit) The business will not show any profit this year.report/post/announce a profit (=officially tell people about it) The company reported net profits of $8.6 million for the year.generate/yield a profit (=produce a profit) The oilfield generated huge profits for the company.reap a profit (=make a large profit) The credit card industry reaps estimated profits of $6 billion a year.boost profits (=make them increase) We aim to boost profits by cutting costs.maximize profits (=make them as big as possible) Every company tries to maximize its profits.profit + verbsprofits go up/down also 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/surge (=increase by a large amount very quickly) The supermarket’s net profits soared by 32% to £148 million.profits fall/drop The group saw profits fall from £24 million to £17.8 million.profits slump/plunge/plummet (=fall by a large amount very quickly) The company’s pre-tax profits slumped to £25.5 million.profit + nounsthe profit margin (=the difference between the cost of producing something and the price at which you sell it) The profit margin was already tight before fuel prices began to go up.profit sharing (=a system in which all the employees of a company receive a share of its profits) The employee profit sharing scheme is open to all full-time employees.the profit motive (=profit, as the reason for doing something) Investment in the stock market is driven solely by the profit motive.prepositionsfor profit/at a profit (=in a way that makes a profit) They buy goods cheaply in large quantities and sell them for a profit. | It’s difficult to produce these items at a profit.a profit on sth Their profit on the deal was over £10 million.a profit from sth You will have to pay tax on any profit from the sale.THESAURUS: profit earnings the profit that a company makes: The company said it expected earnings to be lower than last year. | 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 company has an annual turnover of over £200 billion. 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 (=they have increased compared to last week). 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 £3,000. | 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. |
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