Definitions for profits
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1. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings(noun)

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

2. winnings, win, profits(noun)

   something won (especially money)

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1. profits(Noun)

   Collective form of profit.

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1. profits

   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  

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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Jim Kotch:

   All of the profits from the Brewing the American Dream collaboration pack go in to … fund more loans for more small business all across the U.S., what’s really important is the pride and all the energy and hard work that small business have to put in to what they are doing just to be able to survive and hopefully prosper.

2. Mark Murray:

   After spending more than $3.1 million, 98 percent of which was raised from out of state, it is clear that the plastic bag industry is more interested in their own profits than reducing an unnecessary source of pollution and waste that threaten California's wildlife and pollutes our ocean, coast, and our communities.

3. Martin Bao:

   The user conversion price is much higher, but the profits will come slower ... the purchasing power of these users is much lower than existing users.

4. Eric Chaney:

   When global growth is so sluggish, when corporate profits are so miserable, when pay rises are so small - you don't need a very big shock to disturb global markets significantly.

5. British Finance Minister George Osborne:

   But to maintain a fair contribution from the banks, I will introduce a new eight percent surcharge on bank profits from the first of January next year.

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