Profit

prof′it, n. gain: the gain resulting from the employment of capital: the difference between the selling price and the first cost: advantage: addition to good or value: benefit: improvement.— v.t. to benefit or to be of advantage to: to improve.— v.i. to gain advantage: to receive profit: to improve: to be of advantage: to bring good.— adj. Prof′itable , yielding or bringing profit or gain: lucrative: productive: advantageous: beneficial.— n. Prof′i table ne .— adv. Prof′itably .— ns. Prof′iter ; Prof′iting , profit, gain, or advantage: ( B. ) progre or proficiency.— adj. Prof′itle , without profit, gain, or advantage.— adv. Prof′itle ly .— n. Prof′it-shar′ing , a voluntary agreement under which the employee receives a share, fixed beforehand, in the profits of a busine .— Profit and lo , gain or lo arising from buying and selling, .— Net profits , clear gain after deduction of all outlay and expenses; Rate of profit , the amount of profit compared with the capital used in its production. [Fr.,—L. profectus , progre — proficĕre , profectum , to make progre .]