1a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something:record pre-tax profits [mass noun]:his eyes brightened at the prospect of profit
2 [mass noun] advantage; benefit:there’s no profit in screaming at referees from the bench
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obtain a financial advantage or benefit:the only people to profit from the episode were the lawyers
obtain an advantage or benefit:not all children would profit from this kind of schooling
[with object] be beneficial to:it would profit us to change our plans
at a profit
making more money than is spent buying, operating, or producing something:doing up houses and selling them at a profit
