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. profits

   Profits refer to the financial gain or monetary surplus obtained by a business when its total income from operations or transactions exceeds the total costs or expenses incurred. It serves as a measure of the financial success and viability of a business. The calculation of profit can vary depending on the context, including gross profit, net profit, operating profit, etc. Profits can be reinvested into the business or distributed to shareholders as dividends.

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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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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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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. Capita Asset Services:

   Profits are lower relative to dividends than at any time since 2009, and we have seen some of Britain's biggest dividend payers announce drastic cuts for the year to come, with the prospect of more to follow.

2. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Companies are more fearful than retail investors because retailers are making profits by selling more shares than companies in the last 2 months and so companies have sponsored business news channels anchors who advise these days retail investors not to fear and sell their shares so frenzily. Retail investors are further ready to offload their shares on Monday as they know Market is on bearish mood and char shows steep downward trend.

3. Jonathan Golub:

   If profits surprise to the upside, which is what I think they're going to do, that is basically going to convince people we don't have a negative growth problem, that things are better than feared, and that should be positive for stocks.

4. United States:

   From 2012 through 2018, Amazon reported $ 25.4 billion in pretax United States income and current federal tax provisions totaling $ 1.9 billion, that is an 8 % tax rate — low, but not zero or negative. Looking back further, since 2002, Amazon has earned $ 27.7 billion in global pretax profits and paid $ 3.6 billion in global cash income taxes, a 13 % tax rate.

5. Danny Fuentes:

   We are sick and tired of the hospital only doing the bare minimum, time and time again, we are forced to take unsafe patient loads. We are humans, and we are burnt-out. And we are tired. And the hospital doesn’t seem to care. All they see are profits. We don’t want to be out here. We would much rather be with our patients. We need a fair contract to protect our patients.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=profits
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Profits
3. ^ ChatGPT
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