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UK
/pɹˈɒfɪts/
]
[ US /ˈpɹɑfɪts/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɑfɪts/ ]
NOUN
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- something won (especially money)
How To Use profits In A Sentence
- During the take-over battle the stock quotations of both enterprises rose so that an investor would have to wait several hundred years to finance the purchase price of the shares from the present level of profits.
- And when they have done ye wrang, even when ye hae gotten decreet of spulzie, oppression, and violent profits against them, what better are ye? The Waverley
- The company profits grew by 5% last year.
- Intel, the world's largest maker of computer chips, posted a 76 % drop in profits for the second quarter.
- Many people confuse the workings of capitalism that lead to lower costs and greater profits with free trade.
- They closed down after years of low profits.
- The improvement has been across the board, with all divisions either increasing profits or reducing losses.
- Rapid market growth and sector under-capacity encouraged Pilkingtons to expand and attracted new entrants to the marketplace without adverse effects on profits.
- The disappointing profits are due to unfavourable currency translations.
- Record profits in the retail market indicate a boom in the economy.