Profit
profit (noun, verb) - the money you gain when you sell something for more than you bought it
profitable (adj) -
* The business is not profitable enough to keep running it.
* What can we do to keep the business profitable?
* Cooperation could be mutually profitable to us both.
Profitability (noun) -
* The golf industry has been suffering from declining profitability for years.
* The company is showing signs of returning to profitability for the first time in years.
Example sentences:
* The stock broker cut the company's profit forecast.
* Damaged goods mean lost profits.
* The factory closed down after five years of low profits.
* The owner is only interested in making a quick profit.
* His business makes an annual profit of $50,000.
* The song generated record profits.
* Profits soared as the internet boom entered its last phase.
* The firm only started to show a profit after five years.
* Profits plummetted last year as the economy entered a recession.
* The profit margin for this sort of business is fairly low.
* The goods were sold for a profit.
* We should be able to sell our house for a handsome profit.
* Did you make a profit on your house when you sold it last year?
* The godfather of the town made a fat profit from his involvement in the deal.
* Under socialism he had owned thirty sheep for private profit to supplement his income.
