Profit

profit, n. Acquisition beyond expenditure; in commerce, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; advancement; gain; emolument. v. To be of service be good to, helf> on, bene- — w. To gain advantage, make improvement; to be of use or advantage, bring good. [F., profit, proffer, to profit, L. proficere, -.tectum, to advance see Proficient.] — Profitable, a. Yielding or bringing nrofit or gain: lucrative; advantageous; serviceable; improving.—Profitablene , n.~Profitably, adv. — Profitle , a. Void of profit, gain, or advantage.