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Webster 1913 Edition
Profit
1.
Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument;
as, a
. profit
on the sale of goodsLet no man anticipate uncertain
profits
. Rambler.
2.
Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
This I speak for your own
profit
. 1 Cor. vii. 35.
If you dare do yourself a
profit
and a right. Shakespeare
Syn. – Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain; emolument.
Prof′it
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Profited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Profiting
.] To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid;
as, truth
. profits
all menThe word preached did not
profit them
. Heb. iv. 2.
It is a great means of
profiting
yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs. Dryden.
Prof′it
,Verb.
I.
1.
To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
I
profit
not by thy talk. Shakespeare
2.
To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
Riches
profit
not in the day of wrath. Prov. xi. 4.
Webster 1828 Edition
Profit
PROF'IT
,Noun.
1.
In commerce, the advance in the price of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase. Net profit is the gain made by selling goods at an advanced price or a price beyond what they had cost the seller, and beyond all costs and charges. The profit of the farmer and the manufacturer is the gain made by the sale of produce or manufactures, after deducting the value of the labor, materials, rents and all expenses, together with the interest of the capital employed, whether land, machinery, buildings, instruments or money. Let no man anticipate uncertain profits.
2.
Any gain or pecuniary advantage; as an office of profit or honor.3.
Any advantage; any accession of good from labor or exertion; an extensive signification, comprehending the acquisition of any thing valuable, corporeal or intellectual, temporal or spiritual. A person may derive profit from exercise, amusements, reading, study, meditation, social intercourse, religious instruction, &c. Every improvement or advance in knowledge is profit to a wise man.PROF'IT
, v.t.1.
To benefit; to advantage; applied to one's self, to derive some pecuniary interest or some accession of good from any thing; as, to profit one's self by a commercial undertaking, or by reading or instruction. In this sense, the verb is generally used intransitively. Applied to others, to communicate good to; to advance the interest of. Brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues,what shall I profit you? 1 Cor.14.
Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me? Job.30.
2.
To improve; to advance. It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
PROF'IT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To make improvement; to improve; to grow wiser or better; to advance in any thing useful; as, to profit by reading or by experience. She has profited by your counsel.
2.
To be of use or advantage; to bring good to. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Prov.11.