- profit
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, decent, enormous, fat, good, greater, handsome, healthy, hefty, high, huge, large, massive, maximum, record, strong, substantial, tidy▪ increasing, rising▪ obscene▪
At whose expense are those obscene profits made?
▪ low, modest, reasonable, small▪They closed down after years of low profits.
▪ declining, falling▪ overall, total▪ average, steady▪a commodity that produced steady profits
▪ additional, excess, extra▪ lost, unrealized▪Damaged goods mean lost profit.
▪ quick▪He's only interested in making a quick profit.
▪ pure▪$700 million of almost pure profit
▪ expected▪The expected profits have not materialized.
▪ potential▪the potential profits from insider trading
▪ future▪ gross, pre-tax (esp. BrE)▪ after-tax, clear, net, post-tax (esp. BrE)▪ taxable▪ reported▪ interim (BrE), short-term▪ annual, quarterly▪an annual profit of £50 000
▪ first-quarter, full-year, half-year (esp. BrE), second-quarter, etc.▪ corporate, group▪ operating, trading▪ personal▪Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000.
VERB + PROFIT▪ bring, bring in, deliver, earn, generate, make, produce, realize, reap, return, turn, yield▪The CD generated record profits.
▪ boost, increase▪ double▪ maximize▪ post, report▪The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million.
▪ show▪The company started to show a profit in its first year.
▪ take▪Investors will take the profits.
▪ guarantee▪ share, splitPROFIT + VERB▪ climb, grow, increase, jump, rise, soar, surge▪Profits surged 41% to £13 million.
▪ decline, drop, fall, plummet, plunge▪ accrue, arise▪profits accruing to the taxpayer from the sale of property
PROFIT + NOUN▪ margin, rate▪ sharing▪ motive▪the pharmaceutical companies' profit motive
▪ maximization▪We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization.
▪ centre/center▪The interest paid on credit-card bills has become the largest profit centre/center for banks.
PREPOSITION▪ against profits▪The company made losses of $500 000 against profits of $750 000.
▪ at a profit▪We should be able to sell the piano at a profit.
▪ for profit▪The goods were sold for profit.
▪ profit from▪profits from property investments
▪ profit on▪Did you make a profit on your house when you sold it?
PHRASES▪ a decline in profits, a fall in profits▪ an increase in profits, a rise in profits▪ profit after tax, profit before tax▪Profit before tax increased by 40% on last year.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
