Definitions for profits
prof·its

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1. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earningsnoun

   the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

2. winnings, win, profitsnoun

   something won (especially money)

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1. profitsnoun

   Collective form of profit.

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1. profitsnoun

   Plural noun of profit.

   The company declared its annual profits on its website in a transparent format so employees, management, shareholders and other interested parties could view them.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2016  

Matched Categories

1. • Financial Gain
   • Income

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'profits' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1780

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'profits' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2842

How to pronounce profits?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say profits in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of profits in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of profits in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of profits in a Sentence

1. David Merritt, a.k.a. THE RED SHARK:

   What profits a man if he keeps his eternal soul when he could have lived life to the full and been forgiven at the end of it all anyway?

2. Le Maire:

   For the first tine there is wide consensus among the G20 members on the necessity of having a new international taxation system, we have to address the issue of digital companies making profits in many countries without any physical presence, which means without paying the due level of taxes.

3. Jay Brickman:

   How guaranteed is your investment? Are you sure that you can make profits? Are you sure that there will be no confiscation of your industry?

4. Senator Bernie Sanders:

   Instead of sheltering profits in the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens, the largest corporations in this country must pay their fair share of taxes so that our country has the revenue we need to rebuild America and reduce the deficit.

5. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius:

   It's better to work with less risky markets, make use of having a stable currency like the euro in Lithuania, have lower profits but long-term stability in business.

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