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Profit Profited Gain Advantage Benefit Jennifer Totally Convinced

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If you profit from something, or it p______ you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it.If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it.
Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle.
So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little.
Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill this man?
The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.
word profit
full-definition
noun
A profit is an amount of money that you gain when you are paid more for something than it cost you to make, get, or do it.
The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million.
You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning.
The profit motive is inherently at odds with principles of fairness and equity.
verb
If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it.
Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses.
He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors.
The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it.
Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle.
So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little.
Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill this man?
The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.
inflections profitsprofitingprofited
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